Category Archives: Reenactment

Forge setup and overview

Some naming conventions, a “forge” is the place where the fire is, while a “Forge” is the shop where the blacksmith works.

I’ve gone through a few different setups for my Forge over the years. I also have a challenge or two since I take the whole thing on the road now and again for public demos.The Forge, in the foreground an anvil rests on a stump, a propane forge glows in the background to the left, and a workbench is across the background strewn with tools.

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Making of a fire hook

A Fire hook is designed for working with campfires where large or uneven logs are normally seen. In contrast, your typical household fire uses split logs that are mostly all the same size. Below are the steps we took to make this Fire hook and a few descriptions on the actual steps. Continue reading Making of a fire hook

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How we built our bender tent

Okay so you saw the pictures, or you saw us at an event and you just have to know HOW we built that Bender Tent!

 

Geof and Barbara stand infront of their bender tent, dressed in their garb.This page will show you step by step what we used and how we stuck it all together. You might be asking yourself why a pair of Roma are living in a tent when they could be living large in a vardo (Roma House on wheels)? Well it is simple, Vardos are not period to the SCA. Continue reading How we built our bender tent

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