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- Sun Dec 19, 2010 2:17 pm
- Forum: 55BC-410AD
- Topic: The Roman Army Knife
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14315
Re: The Roman Army Knife
If you read the link in the ortiginal post the knife is described as 8 x 15 cm. The Swiss army knife has been photoshopped into the picture and the two items are not shown ar a common scale Awesome, thank you. I must have missed the dimensions in the original description. Medicus' two word reply wa...
- Sun Dec 19, 2010 8:22 am
- Forum: 55BC-410AD
- Topic: The Roman Army Knife
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14315
Re: The Roman Army Knife
And the actual size is? You know this how?Medicus Matt wrote:It isn't.
- Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:44 pm
- Forum: 55BC-410AD
- Topic: The Roman Army Knife
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14315
Re: The Roman Army Knife
Does anyone know the actual size of original? It seem that everyone assumes that it's hand sized, but the if the modern swiss army knife in the pic is an accurate comparison the Roman Army Knife may be more of an all purpose kitchen cooking tool rather than an eating tool.
- Fri Nov 26, 2010 4:35 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: History Blogs?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10505
Re: History Blogs?
Awesome! Thank you very much, I can't wait to start reading.
- Mon Nov 22, 2010 4:03 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: History Blogs?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10505
Re: History Blogs?
Thank you very much for your replies. I must admit, I'm rather surprised that there are so few re-enactor/ment blogs out there. (At least when googling for such things). It's good to hear there are more.
- Fri Nov 19, 2010 3:01 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: History Blogs?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10505
History Blogs?
I've recently started a blog on my thoughts and experiences on Re-enactment/Living History called "Re: Living History"
But I was wondering if anyone else here has a history related blog, or has a favorite one they like to read?
But I was wondering if anyone else here has a history related blog, or has a favorite one they like to read?
- Tue Nov 09, 2010 2:33 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Froe
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5513
Re: Froe
I'd have to dig through my books, but I'm near 100% certain I've seen froe blades cataloged at the Navan (Ireland) dig circa 100BCE-300CE as well as at the Manching Oppidum dig in Bavaria (circa 400BCE-100BCE) That said, even if an area has no direct evidence for a froe (or other woodworking tool), ...
- Wed Aug 11, 2010 5:42 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Craftspeople
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7739
Re: Craftspeople
I started blacksmithing because I wanted a sword and couldn't afford one, but that was 10 years before I started re-enacting. But once I started down that path I discovered not only that I had a natural talent for it, but I really enjoyed it.
- Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:43 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Piercings throughout history.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5359
Re: Piercings throughout history.
The Hallstatt Celts made this clearly showing the women probably wore earrings. http://celticclans.oakandacorn.com/celticgallery/d/45-1/chalicewagon.jpg http://celticclans.oakandacorn.com/celticgallery/d/43-1/celticring2.jpg http://celticclans.oakandacorn.com/celticgallery/d/39-1/celticring1.jpg
- Wed May 28, 2008 2:26 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Celebration of Celts 2008
- Replies: 60
- Views: 11693
- Wed May 28, 2008 2:16 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Celebration of Celts 2008
- Replies: 60
- Views: 11693
When faced with a lack of specific contextual evidence then going with a reconstruction of something that was known to be in use elsewhere within reasonable geographical proximity is reasonable enough. Ah, yes, thank you. Both Medicus and Fox said what I was trying to much more elegantly than I did...
- Wed May 28, 2008 2:02 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Celebration of Celts 2008
- Replies: 60
- Views: 11693
- Tue May 27, 2008 8:12 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Celebration of Celts 2008
- Replies: 60
- Views: 11693
- Tue May 27, 2008 7:49 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Celebration of Celts 2008
- Replies: 60
- Views: 11693
- Tue May 27, 2008 7:27 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Celebration of Celts 2008
- Replies: 60
- Views: 11693
- Tue May 27, 2008 6:42 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Celebration of Celts 2008
- Replies: 60
- Views: 11693
I should add that single chamber valved bellows were chosen for a couple of reasons. 1) They were already in use on the continent (at least that's what the images look like they are) 2) There's no evidence to contradict their use (which I realize isn't a great argument to do/use something). 3) They ...
- Thu May 22, 2008 5:20 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Celebration of Celts 2008
- Replies: 60
- Views: 11693
- Thu May 22, 2008 4:45 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Celebration of Celts 2008
- Replies: 60
- Views: 11693
- Thu May 22, 2008 3:56 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Celebration of Celts 2008
- Replies: 60
- Views: 11693
We bring in stone slabs and bury them. Here's a couple of shots of this year's setup. http://www.celticclans.org/images/demos/coc08-3.jpg http://www.celticclans.org/images/demos/coc08-2.jpg http://www.celticclans.org/images/demos/coc08-4.jpg http://www.celticclans.org/images/demos/coc08-8.jpg As you...
- Thu May 22, 2008 2:07 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Celebration of Celts 2008
- Replies: 60
- Views: 11693
Celebration of Celts 2008
This year Celebration of Celts took place at the Columbia County Fairgrounds in Chatham, NY on May 3rd &4th. This was the third year Ancient Celtic Clans has participated in the Celtic Timeline. (Complete photos can be found here: http://www.celticclans.org/demos/coc2008.html ) Building on the succe...
- Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:10 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Bards and Storytelling
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5916
Not sure if you mean loose rambling storytelling or actually doing what bards did. And there's a HUGE difference between them! Since I originally started this topic I guess I've come to the same conclusion you have. (See if I'm summarizing this right). You can't do a truly Iron Age Celtic Bardic li...
- Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:23 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Bards and Storytelling
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5916
Bards and Storytelling
While we were sitting around the evening fire at the last summer solstice enjoying the immersion, we noticed something distinctly missing. Stories. As it turns out, while we were busy making all the material items that the Celts used, we were forgetting an integral part of their lives. The ancient C...
- Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:15 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Food Storage
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2231
Food Storage
Recently, I was going over old and new photos of our group's events and it seems as though our biggest anachronism is food containers. How many people use only period food containers and storage when reenacting? If so, what are your storage vessels of choice for hard to store things like: flour, hon...
- Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:33 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Historic Strides - A Primitive Trek for CF
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1921
Cat - Thank you very much. You're very correct about not really understanding how things work until you do them. That's one of the big reasons our group exists. Steve - Yeah, tell me about it. We've got fantastic forests but no "Celtic" sites. (Unless you want to believe some far fetched quasi-archa...
- Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:13 am
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Historic Strides - A Primitive Trek for CF
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1921
Historic Strides - A Primitive Trek for CF
Let me preface this by saying, I know some of our clothing is not 100% accurate for our time/location and that is something we will be addressing this winter. However, I thought I'd like to show what we've been up to as far as "Period Trekking" goes. We got back from our Primitive Trek in the Adiron...
- Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:54 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Warp Weighted Loom
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7894
As promised here are some additional closeups of the loom. Here's where we left off with the weaving. Both the warp and the weft are wool. http://www.oakandacorn.com/hostedimages/loom1.jpg The heddles in the relaxed position. They're simply loops of linen thread. http://www.oakandacorn.com/hostedima...
- Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:06 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Warp Weighted Loom
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7894
Oh! Thank you for reviving this thread (no pun intended). Here are some up to date photos of the loom in action. We used it during a local Celtic festival (Celebration of Celts) The complete page of that even can be found here: http://www.celticclans.org/demos/coc2007.html http://www.celticclans.org...
- Mon May 21, 2007 3:10 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Authentic basket?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6441
Its usually harvested in winter in traditional English willow beds - willow coppices Hmmm.... I'm starting to wonder if we're talking about the same type of willow. I'm talking about "Weeping Willow", which doesn't grow in what I think of as a "coppice". http://www.truthzone.net/Weepingtree717.jpg ...
- Mon May 21, 2007 2:39 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Authentic basket?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6441
- Mon May 21, 2007 2:13 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Authentic basket?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6441