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  Topic: brain tanning lessons in feilding 11/09/11
adrianf

Replies: 1
Views: 7456

PostForum: Textiles, Garb and Jewelery   Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 5:55 pm   Subject: brain tanning lessons in feilding 11/09/11
just found out that a guy is giving a presentation on how to brain tan leather tommorrow morning at the fielding Llama show at manfield park.

hes doing it around 11 for anyone interested.

i was ...
  Topic: La Rochelle Hugenots
adrianf

Replies: 3
Views: 10354

PostForum: Siege   Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 7:52 pm   Subject: La Rochelle Hugenots
gotta love french warfare

http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/thehistoryofmexico/p/pastrywar.htm
  Topic: riveted mail
adrianf

Replies: 16
Views: 35781

PostForum: Armouring & Weapon Smithing   Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:36 pm   Subject: riveted mail
http://www.mailleartisans.org/articles/articledisplay.cgi?key=9868

i found this site a while ago that makes it look pretty easy
  Topic: sword making
adrianf

Replies: 37
Views: 35919

PostForum: Armouring & Weapon Smithing   Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:02 pm   Subject: sword making
If you are going to have sax then Long sax has to be the best type of sax to have. The rest is for bunny rabbits!

better to have any sax than no sax
  Topic: sword making
adrianf

Replies: 37
Views: 35919

PostForum: Armouring & Weapon Smithing   Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:20 pm   Subject: sword making
i remember hearing an old myth/story that italian swords were supposed to be superior because they were cooled by running ht red hot blank through a slave
  Topic: sword making
adrianf

Replies: 37
Views: 35919

PostForum: Armouring & Weapon Smithing   Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:52 pm   Subject: sword making
umm yeah

dont relaly know what to say but

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090908-taiwan-sword-video-ap.html
  Topic: Zulu's "fousands of 'em"
adrianf

Replies: 14
Views: 23646

PostForum: Siege   Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:04 pm   Subject: Zulu's "fousands of 'em"
got to love the english lords comment


Sir Garnet Wolseley, taking over as Commander-in-Chief from Lord Chelmsford, was unimpressed with the awards made to the defenders of Rorke’s Drift, saying ...
  Topic: Barefoot or Metal Shoes?
adrianf

Replies: 26
Views: 40795

PostForum: Equestrian   Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:38 am   Subject: Barefoot or Metal Shoes?
i always used metal shoeing.

but i'm a big fan of hot shoeing, when its done properly

one thing thats interesting is that most farriers only cold shoe these days, even if the horse has problem f ...
  Topic: Worst Reaction to Re-enactment?
adrianf

Replies: 65
Views: 101733

PostForum: Reenactment Combat   Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 11:38 pm   Subject: Worst Reaction to Re-enactment?
i got a REALLY random comment from someone at waikato

her "are you guys camping here all weekend?"

me "yes"

her "so is it like the 40 hour famine or something?"
  Topic: Horse Meat - what would you do?
adrianf

Replies: 68
Views: 112661

PostForum: NAAMA & General Discussion   Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:48 pm   Subject: Horse Meat - what would you do?
just remember that karma can be a [expletive]


http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10561468
  Topic: Horse Meat - what would you do?
adrianf

Replies: 68
Views: 112661

PostForum: NAAMA & General Discussion   Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:49 pm   Subject: Horse Meat - what would you do?
i got some good recipes for jerky ill dig em out for ya, kinda like the idea of horse jerky with a hint of chillie.

if you could post some in a seperate thread, i'ld like to see some recipies as we ...
  Topic: Finding Flint in NZ
adrianf

Replies: 19
Views: 36379

PostForum: Other Crafts   Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:20 pm   Subject: Finding Flint in NZ

I also wonder if obsidian (volcanic glass) might just work. It appears quite like flint, but usually glossy black. That, if I remember correctly, is found in the Bay of Plenty and some other volcani ...
  Topic: chain mail
adrianf

Replies: 45
Views: 70607

PostForum: Metal, Wood, Bone, Glass   Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:07 pm   Subject: chain mail
i'm going to the market, i'll try to remmeber to throw my chain making gear in the van so i can show people
  Topic: Arrow bag - fairly authentic
adrianf

Replies: 7
Views: 9851

PostForum: Archery   Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:57 pm   Subject: Arrow bag - fairly authentic
i made one of those bags for my wife and they are really simple to throw together

they are also really easy to draw from and the cloth hood stops the arrows falling out.

i would recommend one l ...
  Topic: Tanning
adrianf

Replies: 8
Views: 16404

PostForum: Other Crafts   Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:00 pm   Subject: Tanning
in one of the recent NZ hunting and fishing magazines there was a home recipe. i think it was the july edition
 
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