Just received the Awl I purchased from losthelm today. Expedient shipping, and he also threw in a bunch of unexpected little extras with it like threading and a chainmail keychain.

If you need anything losthelm has, grab it! Great to deal with.

Thanks, losthelm

<snip> Dont worry, I'm sure some kid with a boffer somewhere will pay you for it. There's one born every minute right? I can't help but think that right now on a LARP forum somewhere, someone is posting in a discussion about cheap plastic armour, and how some suckers will pay out the nose for real ...

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Actually, Beowulf isn't really a factor in it for me. I chose Geat because it was a Scandanavian/Viking culture that I had at least some familiarity with, and is from the time/area of which I wish to portray, and that It seemed to be a bit under-represented as persona's go. Now i'm starting to under...

Wow Angusm0628! There's a wealth of info there. Thanks for the link! Mord, I fully understand that there really is little known about much of the history of the early Scandanavian/Viking cultures of the area. However, is there enough research and archeological evidence on the Geats to recreate a pla...

Angusm0628 - I did indeed find and read through Mord's thread on Norse culture previously. It has good information (which I am definately going to use), but I would also like to be focused on a particular area and time then be generic or a blend of them all. Also, what site is Karen Larsdatter's? Co...

Hi! Well i've been lurking long enough around here, and i've finally come to a point where I need some outside help on information towards building my kit. I've been in the SCA since I was 16 (so about 12 years now.. wow.). Sadly, most of that time was spent in a household that focused more on fight...