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by Ben Sinister
Mon Dec 19, 2022 4:24 pm
Forum: WoodCraft
Topic: Water Treatment on the Trail
Replies: 22
Views: 37594

Re: Water Treatment on the Trail

Growing up, we never carried water. We would be out in the woods before sunrise and after sunset and didn't carry an ounce. Not even an empty bottle. Water was everywhere and we just drank when thirsty. We usually found the source of the spring, where contamination is not really possible. The water ...
by Ben Sinister
Thu Sep 01, 2022 2:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's everyone working on?
Replies: 207
Views: 309359

Re: What's everyone working on?

Recently made these water bottles. Each holds 32 oz. Very nice! Mind if I ask how you were able to plan for them to hold a quart? I've been trying to figure out a good way to anticipate how big I need to cut my leather & account for shaping/stretching to make a rectangular 32oz bottle but I'm s...
by Ben Sinister
Thu Sep 01, 2022 2:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's everyone working on?
Replies: 207
Views: 309359

Re: What's everyone working on?

Eofor wrote: Sat Jul 30, 2022 12:51 pm [
Ben Sinister wrote: Wed Jul 27, 2022 6:10 pm Recently made these water bottles. Each holds 32 oz.
That's some fine work Ben, how did you seal them? Wax or pitch? (or the dark arts of PE?)
Beeswax sealed. Took some time, but it wasnt hard to do. They sealed up nice and I don't really get any taste change from it.
by Ben Sinister
Thu Sep 01, 2022 2:42 pm
Forum: Weapons & Armour
Topic: On Bracers and Vambraces
Replies: 13
Views: 10876

Re: On Bracers and Vambraces

Sorry to bring up am old topic, but I'm slowly reading through all the stuff here. I just wanted to add, on the subject of bracers, Chaucers, knights tales yeoman, is described at wearing a green coat, with a hood, and a bracers on his arm. He carried a sword, dagger and bow, and was called a forest...
by Ben Sinister
Wed Jul 27, 2022 6:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's everyone working on?
Replies: 207
Views: 309359

Re: What's everyone working on?

Recently made these water bottles. Each holds 32 oz.
by Ben Sinister
Mon May 09, 2022 11:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Pennsic War
Replies: 9
Views: 5180

Re: The Pennsic War

No worries, I kind of guessed that's the one you meant. There's certainly nothing wrong with a sword at pennsic, but I guess most folks find them cumbersome after a while. Much the same as you wouldn't carry a bow there unless you were on the way to the range, but if you had one, no one would care. ...
by Ben Sinister
Mon May 09, 2022 6:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Pennsic War
Replies: 9
Views: 5180

Re: The Pennsic War

Yavion wrote: Mon May 09, 2022 5:03 pm
Ben Sinister wrote: Mon May 09, 2022 3:50 pm Your ranger kit would fit in fine, but be aware swords are almost never carried, for various reasons. Everyone does have a knife.
West Coast SCAdians would tend to disagree, at least circa AS30 ;)
Which part?
The kit, the sword or the knife? :-)
by Ben Sinister
Mon May 09, 2022 3:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Pennsic War
Replies: 9
Views: 5180

Re: The Pennsic War

I've been to many pennsics, and plan to continue. I would say that there is certainly much to learn as long as you are able to pick through various sca-isms. The combat is very sca specific, but there are also classes on medieval sword play as well, and there is much growth in the studying of the me...
by Ben Sinister
Mon May 09, 2022 3:22 pm
Forum: WoodCraft
Topic: Tree experts, got a question...
Replies: 12
Views: 5162

Re: Tree experts, got a question...

Sorry for being late, but I just joined. It could be porcupine. "Porcupines prefer the young bark, leaves, and terminal twigs commonly found high up in the crown of a mature tree, but will strip bark anywhere on a tree’s trunk or branches. Like beavers, porcupines prefer to eat the nutritious i...