Making a late 14th Century Arm
A reproduction of a Churburg arm harness. Helped along by the friendly armouring groups on facebook ...
The Dealer and the Creature: Blades in the Dark Custom playbooks
I have made two custom playbooks for the table top role playing game Blades in the Dark. The dealer is ...
Making A Knife Block
Following a few birthdays a Christmases of giving my dad kitchen knives I have now created a demand for a ...
Neolithic Inspired Chess Pieces
Seeing some neolithic figurines I thought they would make good chess pieces. So I made them. While I decided to ...
Making a Boot Rack with Bamboo (with my Brother)
My family have been asking me to make a boot rack for a while. My Father wanted something made with ...
Making a Mountain Dulcimer from a Kit
I built this dulcimer from a kit from Folkcraft Instuments. I would recommend it to people interested in such things, ...
Making an Enclosed Helmet
An enclosed helmet is the predecessor to the well known great helm that was used in the late 12th and ...
Making a buckler
A buckler is a small shield held in the hand (rather than strapped to the arm). This was largely a ...
Making a 15th century Italian gauntlet on a course
Last year I went on a short course in armouring at west dean college. This was enormously enjoyable and also ...
Silversmithing course
This is the first of a series of backlog posts covering things i have been doing but never got around ...
Making a Gothic Gauntlet
I made a Gothic gauntlet following a tutorial series on youtube by Greenleaf workshop ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_DVxRBaoNVUvXE1kywNLrH6edNVmUz25 ). Here is the ...
Renovating an old rebec (part 2 – the thrilling conclusion)
So, I finally got back to this one... I think part 1 contains enough preamble (and you should probably read ...
Knitting a pointy hat
This project probably reveals the fact that I have a mild obsession with pointy hats. I just think they're neat ...
Knitting Finger-less Gloves
This is my first knitting project so I was obviously following a tutorial so I will once again just redirect ...
Renovating An Old Rebec (Part 1)
This instrument caught my eye in my granny’s house where the carved head was poking out from on top of ...
Making A Leather Belt Bag
This is the first project I undertook after having the idea to make this website so it will also be ...
Making A Bamboo Notched Flute
This style of flute is among the oldest and most straightforward to make instruments. Flutes of this style are quite ...
Making An Instrument From A Cow Horn
Ok, instrument is a bit of a stretch, I mean like a hunting horn or a war horn sort of ...
Making A Tiny Silver Bowl
A while ago I got a large amount of my grandfathers old silversmithing tools that had been sitting in storage ...
Making A Spangenhelm
Armour is probably one of my favourite things and what really got me into making things. I had always liked ...
Making A Sword
Who doesn't love swords? well I don't like them quite as much as I did after the hours I have ...