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I had to go and get another #ozarktrailknife from #walmart, before they sold out. That’s how good of a knife this is. It’s like a $50 knife, for $9. Its On bearings and smooth as butter. So if you Break it , loose it, or give it away , it’s no biggie cause it’s almost priceless. #bladesmith #steel #outdoor #outdoors #a #camping #chefknife #blacksmith #handmadeknives #messer #knifecollector #spyderco #knifesales #knifeaddict #damascus #custom #knifelover #sharp #edcknives #usnstagram #kitchenknife #foldingknife #knivesdaily #ak #sword #huntingknife #bushcraftknife #knifephotography
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Ich hasse mich für all meine falschen Taten, für all meine Fehler.
Wieso musste ich nur so fallen? Was wird meine Strafe sein ?
Current location: in my feelings.
Finished Bauernwehr or ‘farmers knife’. These kind of knifes were used by low and middle class People from 14th to 16th century. It is a general purpose knife for working, hunting and for fighting. In this one the guard and nagel gives extra protection for the hand. Forged from high carbon steel, with mild steel guard, walnut tree handle with brass rivets. This will soon be available In my Etsy Shop, link in my bio.
#alkutuli #primordialfireforge #knife #campknife #bauernwehr #messer #blade #bladesmith #medieval #reenactment
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Langes messer. Finally finished this piece.. Slightly recurved messer sword, forge from Spring steel, hardened and sharpened. Handle is made from walnut tree, with grove for better grip and brass tube pins. I will be adding this to my Etsy Shop soon.
Measurements:
Overall length: 83cm / 32.5 inches
Blade: 65cm / 25.5 inched
Handle (not including guard or pommel) : 12cm / 4.5 inches.
#alkutuli #primordialfireforge #messer #langesmesser #reenactment #sword #bladesmith #bladesmith #hema #historicalswordsmanship #historicaleuropeanmartialarts
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my animated interpretation of this play from the copy of Rast’s fencing book.
From a facebook discussion about that play.
Cory Winslow’s translation of the play:
Item; one runs quickly on you, so do as you will hew him after the head, and turn yourself completely around before him, and hew him long on his arm, as stands depicted there.
Im not completely in agreement with the translation but it works fine for the purposes of discussion.
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And that’s Bladeworks done for another year! Absolutely awesome weekend of fencing, training, some gaming, and lots of socialising in the evenings.
We took it out of Belfast this year towards Bangor for a bigger venue. I’m not sure Bangor Bladeworks is quite as alliteratively pleasing as Belfast Bladeworks, but we struggled on despite that…
Excellent technical workshops from the group of Irish instructors present - dussack by Paul Reck, Fiore’s dagger by Tom Gorman, naval cutlass by Eanna Watters, and rapier by Mike Prendergast, and I think we had people up form pretty much every club on the island, which was awesome to see. Also an exceptionally gruelling full day longsword workshop from Martin Fabian!
And from my own point of view I got to expose some people to test cutting, who had never cut with a sharp before. It’s always interesting to see the thoughtfulness creeping in after seeing what will and won’t work with a sharp…
Also we got a bit of sponsorship from the guys at River Horse Games with a very appropriate copy of the Highlander Board Game, which made the socialising in the evening a lot more fun and fitting :)
One of the definite advantages of camping in the venue, other than a quick shower there’s no real break from the training to the socialising!
A bit more detail on the event can be found on the MCG website:
http://www.medievalcombat.co.uk/2019/06/15/bladeworks-2019/
For now though, swords are cleaned, messers are resharpened, classes have resumed their normal flow, and its time to start thinking about next year. We may add some lectures to start bringing the academic side of HEMA into play a bit more for a start…
