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- Sat Aug 25, 2012 6:38 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Longship Company Reenactor Reserve; Upcoming Gig
- Replies: 8
- Views: 307
Longship Company Reenactor Reserve; Upcoming Gig
We have been contacted by a production company for the History Channel for filming the ship, crew and reenactors for an upcoming segment on the Norse gods. So far they are looking for a one (or possibly two) day shoot on EITHER the first weekend in October OR the first weekend in November. Prelimina...
- Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:13 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: LOTHR 'interpretation' of kitchen shelves
- Replies: 9
- Views: 571
Re: LOTHR 'interpretation' of kitchen shelves
Did y'all notice that the wooden keys for the tenons appear to be shaped like horse-heads? 
- Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:06 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Old abused anvil---looks handy for armouring though!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 403
Re: Old abused anvil---looks handy for armouring though!
Looks like a modification of an old anvil (note the later welds on the horn) for a one-off job. Not everybody sees old anvils as valued tools; for some folks they're just big obsolete lumps of iron.
- Tue Aug 21, 2012 4:48 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Cleaving Break
- Replies: 11
- Views: 379
Re: Cleaving Break
Sorry for the redundancy on the Google search. I'm afraid that cleaving brakes are one of those temporary tools that was probably invented of necessity as soon as wood was rived, but probably doesn't show up in the historical record since it was "unremarkable." Riveners, wood gatherers, colliers and...
- Tue Aug 21, 2012 7:46 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Cleaving Break
- Replies: 11
- Views: 379
- Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:14 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: 14th century chest
- Replies: 44
- Views: 1117
Re: 14th century chest
The chests in the book I looked at were lockers for monks in a monetary or cloisters as I understand it. Some even are trimmed on the blacklegs to fit against wall moldings. There are also closets/armoire in the same castle. Some images are here: http://thomasguild.blogspot.com/search/label/armoire...
- Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:08 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Dragon Harald Fairhair undergoing sea trials starting 6/5.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 228
Re: Dragon Harald Fairhair undergoing sea trials starting 6/
A topic of much discussion in Longship Company circles. A mixture of envy, fascination, and sympathy. 
After 40 years we're still trying to figure some of this out.
After 40 years we're still trying to figure some of this out.- Mon Aug 20, 2012 7:49 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Historic Womens' Rights in England;
- Replies: 0
- Views: 83
Historic Womens' Rights in England;
Forwarded by one of the crew:
An article on Lady Anne Clifford's Great Books of Record:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 130059.htm
An article on Lady Anne Clifford's Great Books of Record:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 130059.htm
- Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:41 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: 14th century chest
- Replies: 44
- Views: 1117
Re: 14th century chest
As has been mentioned in previous threads, the really large chests tend to survive since they sit around in churches and don't go anywhere very often; whereas the smaller, lighter traveling chests were bashed to pieces, over time, as folks moved from place to place. Reminds me of grandma's luggage, ...
- Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:32 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Epic.. EPIC Kiln - Case Hardening Failure (lots of pics )
- Replies: 67
- Views: 1788
Re: Epic.. EPIC Kiln - Case Hardening Failure (lots of pics
I like it!Tibbie Croser wrote:Another use for this helmet now: go to a con or Halloween party as a knight who lost a fight with a fire-breathing dragon.
- Sun Aug 19, 2012 3:38 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Epic.. EPIC Kiln - Case Hardening Failure (lots of pics )
- Replies: 67
- Views: 1788
Re: Epic.. EPIC Kiln - Case Hardening Failure (lots of pics
I've been thinking (a little haunted by it) through the night. You could always varnish it, mount it, and call it an art piece!
On the other claw; it certainly looks like a relic.
Lookout e-bay! Another great relic is on its way!
On the other claw; it certainly looks like a relic.
Lookout e-bay! Another great relic is on its way!
- Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:06 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Epic.. EPIC Kiln - Case Hardening Failure (lots of pics )
- Replies: 67
- Views: 1788
Re: Epic.. EPIC Kiln - Case Hardening Failure (lots of pics
That
is
heartbreaking!
There is nothing else I can say.
is
heartbreaking!
There is nothing else I can say.
- Sat Aug 18, 2012 12:02 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Mysterious helmet
- Replies: 22
- Views: 962
Re: Mysterious helmet
It's upside down; it's obviously an elaborate codpiece!
- Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:44 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Pennsic loot?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 968
Re: Pennsic loot?
Wow; it's like reading a medievalist's Christmas list!
Someday, my friends assure me, I should go to Pennsic; for the shopping, if nothing else.
(Edited for ypographical terror.)
Someday, my friends assure me, I should go to Pennsic; for the shopping, if nothing else.
(Edited for ypographical terror.)
- Fri Aug 17, 2012 2:56 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: 14th century chest
- Replies: 44
- Views: 1117
Re: 14th century chest
Needs some iron. 
The next Camp Fenby workshop is November 9 - 11; c'mon by.
The next Camp Fenby workshop is November 9 - 11; c'mon by.
- Mon Aug 13, 2012 8:42 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: How did they origionally punch holes in metal?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 703
Re: How did they origionally punch holes in metal?
I have found that a properly formed punch can put a hole through metal almost as cleanly as a drill, and much faster. Nonferrous metals and thinner gauges of iron can be punched cold with a "sharp" punch (pritchel), using an end-grain piece of wood as a backing block. Any "flash" or bulge can be fil...
- Fri Aug 10, 2012 4:25 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Was England laging behind other areas of Europe?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 688
Re: Was England laging behind other areas of Europe?
>>>SNIP<<< -- Oh and Atli, the quip about English cuisine is about as useful as comparing London to Mary Poppins. English cooking went through a mercifully brief period of crapness, which now in the main has passed. Mind, there is no such thing as 'English Cuisine' in any case, a traditional Englis...
- Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:22 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: [no armour] New Vice!!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 487
Re: [no armour] New Vice!!
Yes; I was agreeing with you; just observing how people may misinterpret what is seen.Thomas Powers wrote:But it was drop forged.
- Sun Aug 05, 2012 8:16 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Ozark Medieval Fortress closed
- Replies: 23
- Views: 689
Re: Ozark Medieval Fortress closed
Please note that I am not saying that such a project can't succeed. I almost never say "never." (Note: even my flat-out statements are conditional. :wink: ) What I am saying is that the problem is both complex, requiring careful planning and contingencies, and takes a high degree of organization, di...
- Sat Aug 04, 2012 8:40 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Ozark Medieval Fortress closed
- Replies: 23
- Views: 689
Re: Ozark Medieval Fortress closed
Castles, at their inception, were both engines of war, and protected homes for the “1%.” How much the former varied in relation to the later varied with time, location, and tactical and strategic circumstances. So, unless you have a lot of money, or you are a third-world warlord, or can convince the...
- Sat Aug 04, 2012 6:01 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Moving to the Norfolk/Sufolk area in VA (D&C)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 85
Re: Moving to the Norfolk/Sufolk area in VA (D&C)
Tidewater Blacksmiths' Guild: http://www.tidewaterblacksmiths.com/
I'm about four hours north of Norfolk, in Southern Maryland.
I'm about four hours north of Norfolk, in Southern Maryland.
- Wed Aug 01, 2012 6:50 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: [no armour] New Vice!!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 487
Re: [no armour] New Vice!!
I can see where you thought it might be cast from the remains of the flashing on the sides.
- Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:54 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Was England laging behind other areas of Europe?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 688
Re: Was England laging behind other areas of Europe?
No, Signo, I am saying suitable building timber was more readily available elsewhere in quantity to be used, and thus was less expensive and FYI, plenty of stone and brick were used in regular dwellings North of the Alps, all you have to do is be prepared to look for it. Buster is beginning an educ...
- Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:43 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Period furniture made from steel?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 282
Re: Period furniture made from steel?
Measurements? About one butt wide!
More of interest, what is the location, dating, and provenance?
More of interest, what is the location, dating, and provenance?
- Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:33 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: [no armour] New Vice!!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 487
Re: [no armour] New Vice!!
I'm curious about the "shield" of sheet metal, which appears to be a covering over the spring; and the apparently cut-off leg which seems to be (maybe) tack welded to a steel strip. Not that they can't function without a leg (short versions of these vises were frequently mounted to the tongues of ar...
- Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:45 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Period furniture made from steel?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 282
Re: Period furniture made from steel?
Sure they made various ones from wrought iron, (mild steel being mainly a post 1856 Bessemer process type of thing...) Metal Techniques for Craftsmen: A Basic Manual for Craftsmen on the Methods of Forming and Decorating Metals, Oppi Untracht, has a nice picture of a very nice wrought iron curule c...
- Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:07 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Was England laging behind other areas of Europe?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 688
Re: Was England laging behind other areas of Europe?
The term “backwater” is sort of like the term “kitsch.” It tends to be applied to others, or by others, rather than adopted to refer to oneself. Also, the original question was whether England “lagged behind” Europe, especially in architecture and in comparison to Italy. I was the one who broached t...
- Mon Jul 30, 2012 6:48 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Was England laging behind other areas of Europe?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 688
Re: Was England laging behind other areas of Europe?
Of course, English cuisine is still unparalleled!
- Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:52 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Period furniture made from steel?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 282
Re: Period furniture made from steel?
The "Prittlewell Prince" Anglo-Saxon burial had an X-frame chair in wrought iron. (I doubt that steel would be used for furniture when wrought iron will suffice. Besides, your camp chair doesn't need to "hold and edge." )
Possibly early 7th century.
)Possibly early 7th century.
- Fri Jul 27, 2012 3:58 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Ramming speed!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 480
Re: Ramming speed!
D@mn, what a waste; no time to loot the merchantman! (Not to mention capturing the merchantman and adding it to your fleet.)
Also, the oarsmen are going to burn-out real soon at that pace.
Trust me on this.
Also, the oarsmen are going to burn-out real soon at that pace.
Trust me on this.
- Sat Jul 21, 2012 7:29 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Was England laging behind other areas of Europe?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 688
Re: Was England laging behind other areas of Europe?
Well, yes. England was a little bit of a backwater. Insularity has both advantages and disadvantages and England frequently looked to the continent for the latest fashions and technologies. Lots of sheep and fish and shipping capabilities did not make you and Empire… yet.
- Thu Jul 19, 2012 8:59 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: What to sleep on?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 910
Re: What to sleep on?
Sheepskins; lots of sheepskins, and then some more over you, wooly-side-down.
Some of our folks find a mattress, stuffed with straw, rather comfortable (but not on the ship).
Some of our folks find a mattress, stuffed with straw, rather comfortable (but not on the ship).
- Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:42 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: News story on Knotwolf Armory/Sir Richard Wolfwood
- Replies: 11
- Views: 386
Re: News story on Knotwolf Armory/Sir Richard
Nice story; but too short.
- Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:20 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Historical ornamentation or viking Re-enactorism?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 434
Re: Historical ornamentation or viking Re-enactorism?
Oh, I'm sorry, that's a "wolf's tooth." My bad! 
- Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:18 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Historical ornamentation or viking Re-enactorism?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 434
Re: Historical ornamentation or viking Re-enactorism?
Unless you have hunted and killed the boar yourself, I would suggest that it be avoided. On the other claw, Museum Replicas will sell you one so that you can be one of "The 300" Spartans. :wink: http://www.museumreplicas.com/s-29-costumes-accessories.aspx It will go really well with the leather brie...