Hjortr (Hart)
Posted in anglo-saxon, archer, archery, D&D, dark ages, history, Irish, knight, medieval, ranger's apprentice, reenactment, swedish, Viking, vikings, warrior
Got a message over Facebook today, this is my new bow in the works, ready for tillering.
It’s in the Hedeby/Ballinderry style and is suited for my period. It’s going to draw between 80-85lbs@28” hopefully with some overdraw. Made out of Australian Pink Ash.
This is the first viking thing I’ve posted personally in a while, so I’ll update when I can.
With thanks to Outlaw Bows for making this beautiful piece of art.
Hjortr (Hart)
Posted in anglo-saxon, archer, archery, Arrows, D&D, historical, history, ranger's apprentice, reenactment, Viking, vikings
Making more arrows, don’t have the money to buy horn plates for the nocks so I’m going to use some old loyalty cards and maybe try pvc and see if that works.
Hjortr (Hart)
Posted in anglo-saxon, axe, blacksmith, celtic, Dane axe, forge, hand forged, handcrafted, handmade, swedish, Uncategorized, Viking, vikings, weapons
My Father’s finished axe on the right.
I bought the head from a friend of mine Ulf Eriksson, a Swedish Australian blacksmith who has an Etsy store here:
https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/TheStrikingVikingAU?ref=s2-header-shopname
For most of my sharp stuff I go to him, with the exception of my sharp sword and spear as he doesn’t do those…yet…
He made my seax and my axe seen on the left.
Maybe one day I’ll be able to convince him to make a langseax like the one I use in combat.
Lykos Leather
Posted in einarselvik, heathenmusic, helvegen, norse, norway, reenactment, runes, sca, shaman, vikings, vikingvalley, wardruna
Our next market in Norway will be having Einar Selvik of Wardruna play at the event! Who knew vending your wares in a viking village at the end of a Fjord could get any better! Comment below what your favorite Wardruna song is! Mine is Helvegen.
#wardruna #helvegen #norse #vikings #vikingvalley #heathenmusic #einarselvik #runes #shaman #norway #reenactment #sca (at Viking Valley Gudvangen)
Borghild
Posted in medieval, reenactment, reenactor, tavern, Viking, vikingcamp, vikingcraft, vikinglife, vikings, vikingtent
This years with @maenadscraft and 3 other friends we were invited at “Ulfrfold”.
The viking village in Chevroz for a amazing camp of 4 days !
Generous and Brave Men Live the Best
Posted in camp, draugar vinlands, forest, living history, ravnrhjem, redhead, reenactment, Viking age, viking shield, vikings
Borghild
Posted in babushka, diamondwool, greatmoravia, medieval, moravia, reenactment, reenactor, salvic, silk, slavicgirl, slavicwomen, Viking, vikings, volundr
Borghild
Posted in archeology, hungarian, magyar, medieval, reenacment, reenactor, slavic, slavs, Viking, vikingbling, vikings
i visited the Hungarian national Museum last March.
Borghild
Posted in firecamp, medieval, reenactment, reenactor, Viking, vikinglife, vikings, vikingwarriors
The “ Gardiens du fleuve” in october organized a private camp in Switzerland mountain.
Amazing moment we had, sun, hapiness and snow !
Hjortr (Hart)
Posted in anglo-saxon, archer, archery, bow and arrow, celtic, D&D, larp, long ass post, ranger's apprentice, reenactment, Viking, vikings
So, for those who’ve known my blog for a while, you know that I’m an archer.
For those who didn’t, there you go.
My mistake might have been that I just bought 12 carbon arrows with screw points from eBay for cheap with free shipping. Like a dozen for maybe AU$26.
My next mistake was, I bought some larp arrow tips, like the big foam ones not the golf ball ones, for about AU$45-50 with free shipping.
I can’t remember the exact amount off the top of my head, but the point is that if they all fit into each other, I’ll have subverted the 6 for $80 larp arrow problem.
The reason I’m getting this shit is because, I went to the Armidale gathering this year at the end of March, it’s held in a pine forest, now as a reenactor Ive currently only got access to padded javelins as a ranged weapon, however if I can get enough people ok with me using these arrows in combat, while using the same rule set for Non-combatant peltasts, I can make a significant difference to my side, more so than with just a sword and shield.
So stay tuned.
