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Goose feathers are, of course, traditional. But remember, an arrow MUST have fletchings from the same wing of the goose. That's to make sure it spins properly in flight.

Good News. Thanks to my neice in the USA I found a good tune for my lyrics.
It was the "Wexford carol" ~12th century. Rewrote lyrics to combine 8 verses into 4. If there are any Asatru out there who ...

Well I have had a go at my lyrics and would like musicians ideas for a good tune rather than my very basic one.
Here they are-

The Raven flies through the Hall
From whence we can never recall ...

I see that someone has come up with the "doggy chews" idea. They make good shield edging and sword and other weapon grips. But why no use real parchment? I seem to remember that there are still art su ...

Anyone trying their hand at Asatru/Odinist poetry or song lyrics.
I've recently had a go at one suggested by an incident in "Beowulf".

Now I'm slowly improving the music on my Lageleik, however I ...

My daughter and son in law run a little flock of old Norse type brown sheep.
I will check to see if she still has last years wool, she did until quite recently.
It would make REALLY authentic garb. ...

Many thanks to the poster. You have given support to a view I have long held about the actual combat protection afforded by real plate armour.
Far too many historians have taken the view that a man i ...

G'Day! I have a few old photos taken inside a full size longhouse under construction, and later, nearly finished, in Denmark in 1997.
I'll dig them out and see if they will scan properly so I can pos ...

Ave Gaius!
I had come across these Celts some time ago on the discovery channel, where they reported on some of the Archeology they were doing in Northern China.
Very interesting, it supports my lon ...

Hi! Shield boss query.
The 18 swg stainless bosses are the ones I have made for my grandson's
"play" shields. These are only used with genuine crite40 non lethal weapons.
Basically swords made of 2 ...

In warm weather like now with a vitamin booster you can get from any brewing shop, it takes from 2 to 4 weeks to ferment out to dry.
That gives you about 12% to 14% alcohol if you use Champagne yeast ...

Yes. But in the end it's usually a question of technology especially in modern times. From what I've read Rourke's drift held out because they had a lot of supplies, including many spare Martini Henry ...

Some very nice crossbows folks. I especially like the windlass model, what did you use for the windlass cords?
About shooting it in your section though, be careful. My own crossbows are very low powe ...

Thanks for that Gregor.
There are also links to some other Scandinavian and Celtic instruments and quite a lot of Swedish bagpipes as well! Got a few new tunes fron it already!!!
A very interesting ...

Hail All!
I came across a very plausible reason for the Viking age a few days ago on Sky.
The guy to blame may be that nasty piece of work Charlemagne.
He was making tracks through Northern Europe ...