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77Chainmail 101.5: Beginner’s Chainmail with Advanced Topics
Overview: Welcome to Chainmail 101.5. This workshop will cover the basic techniques of mail production including: Essential Tools for making Chainmail Turning wire into rings Knitting Steel ...
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81A Lesson in How to Make Classic "European" Chain Mail (Maile, Maille, Chainmaille, europeanchainmail, chainmail)
A simple way of making classic chain mail (chain maille) for jewelry or armor.
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72SCA Rapier Dueling - Learn How to Swordfight like a Musketeer
If you're like me and have watched Princess Bride at least a dozen times, this article is about a sport you I'm sure you will enjoy. The art of dueling with swords is not lost. In fact, it is very healthy with...
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77On the Making of Mead: An Introduction to the History and Practice of Brewing Honey Wine.
The following text has been created to serve as an introduction to mead and mead making. The material contained within is not specific to the Medieval and Renaissance periods as that time frame is just a small portion of the history of mead....
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86Stick Weaving For a Quick Homemade Gift
Stick Weaving Done on Six Sticks Details of scarf. I'm always on the look-out for unusual crafts. One day I was walking around an SCA event and noticed a woman doing some kind of weaving using pointed sticks. I passed her again a few minutes later...
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71Food Research for the Society for Creative Anachronism
For me, one of the most challenging parts of the Society for Creative Anachronism is the research. More to the point, researching the food from 13th Century Italy, my era and locale of choice, has proven to be quite the challenge. Do not get me...
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60What I like about the Society for Creative Anachronism
It's my wife's fault really. I met her in 2006 through a completely different hobby. She told me of this group of people that liked to dress up in funny clothes and hit each other with big sticks. I mean, who...
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74Medieval Weapons
Two swordsman locked in SCA combat Medieval weapons have had numerous uses in history - some have been battled tested over hundreds of years, some have seen limited time in the field, and others were created...
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84Making a Bow Stringer
The kindest thing an archer can do for his bow is to use a bow stringer. Aside from making it easier to string the bow, the stringer allows for applying even pressure on the limbs during stringing so there...
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79Traditional Archery
From the day I shot my first arrow, I fell deeply in love with traditional archery. You might say it was love at first flight. And whenever people walk by, they have a very primal reaction to it. In fact, sometimes they get so swept away by the...
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