Sæwulf

A west coast Canadian that enjoys doing 14th Century medieval reenactment with the Society for Creative Anachronism, Pacific Association for Recreating the Middle Ages, and Adrian Empire. I am also an amateur writer of medieval murder mysteries (inspired by Michael Jecks' Medieval West Country Mystery novels). I enjoy reading science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and historical works both fiction and non fiction. In my spare time I practice Fiore's longsword, and MS I.33's sword and buckler (which is not much these days).

[dbkcustomscabbards]

A recently completed commission for the Albion Sankt Annen.

[renard-des-marais]

[steellegacy]

Model in armor, Zbiroh Castle (Bohemia), early 1920s

Photo by Alphonse Mucha

(Czech artist and decorator, widely celebrated as the founding father of Art Nouveau; jeweler, and photographer)

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Модель в доспехах, замок Збирог (Богемия), начало 1920-х

Фото: Альфонс Муха (чешский художник и декоратор, один из ярчайших представителей стиля ар-нуво, плакатист, декоратор, ювелир и фотограф)

[moon-kin]

[knightwithakay]

barbecue and swords. what more could you want from memorial day weekend. (my first time cutting with sharps!)

[strawberryteabunny]

Simply compelled to try and crawl into the nearest body of water at all times in full costume. This was back in May at an embroidery event I went to with a friend, absolutely gorgeous location! 🌿

Bonus: ‘this is fine’ as the wind completely takes over my veil lol

[armthearmour]

The fantastically etched and silvered Sallet of Philip the Handsome, attributed to Domenico Negroli,

Length: 16 in/40.7 cm

Width: 9.8 in/25 cm

Height: 8.3 in/21 cm

Weight: 5.9 lbs/2680 g

Milan, Italy, ca. 1496, housed at the Real Armería, Madrid.

[parttimehealer]

Close ups of my new sword.

A replica of a 10th century Norwegian sword being held in the National Museum of Denmark.

[parttimehealer]

New sword who dis

A replica 10th century Norwegian sword that's being held in the National Museum of Denmark.

[veilwaltz]

[archerinventive]

First photos from Whidbey Ren Faire are starting to come out. ^^

This one brought to you by the talented Chris Duppenthaler 📷

A huge thank you to all who came out to watch IGNITION Fire Troupe. ❤️‍🔥

[goth-queen]

[okx-taffus-nyylys]

I want a gay sword

[beawitchinglyme]

Today was Bladefest! A trans and queer ran mini ren faire in DC. I forgot to take photos and waiting for others to get posted, but this was the fit I wore for helping run a bookbinding workshop and demo

[milkywayan]

New leather pattens post!

I made a pair of leather pattens three years ago, but back then we were more experimenting, and after 3 years of service, my pattens are so worn that I doubt they would survive another event

So, last weekend I visited my shoemaker friend and we started to make new ones (because he also wanted a pair)

Last time when I made them with another friend, we made the pattern for it ourselves, but this time, we used the actual pattern of a real find to base the shape on

specifically this one!

This is from the book "Archaeological Footwear II: Sandals, Pattens and Mules, from the Roman, Mediaeval and Modern periods" by Marquita Volken, THE expert of medieval footwear in Europe, who I had the pleasure to meet a few years ago at an event. I can very much recommend her books, because not only are they historical analysis and finds, but also she remade a lot of the finds and explains how they were constructed. So 10/10!

so we took the pattern and increased it to match our foot size, and after a few smaller changes made our own patterns for it

and then we started cutting the leather. We used a very thick leather for the soles and then a slightly thinner layer for the strips

I also changed the front pattern to an even simpler one

we found one historical source for that crossed pattern that I ended up using. We then did some cheating and glued the soles together for stability (i want them to last a bit longer than 3 years)

and we drilled holes. Then I stitched the soles together

and with that we reached the maximum images, so next update in reblog

[milkywayan]

After that, we glued a final bottom sole onto the patten, which means that the thread is not exposed and thus protected. If I run the lowest sole through, I can replace it, instead of having to remake the whole thing

And then to the straps

first I made these kind of holes that go from.the top to the side, to sew on the straps

and tested them with medieval shoes, and they fit

Next step is sewing on the buckle, but I am not quite there yet. I am reusing the buckles from my old pattens for this

[wingsofhuginn]

Daily life of Vikings Picture by Sebastien “Myskia” Dusart (Association viking de reconstitution historique Grävlingar - Lyon, France)

[guildedwriter]

[Image description: A person standing with their back to the camera in a flower-filled field. He wears a blue hood with a blue tunic and hose. On his back is a basket backpack.]

[guildedwriter]

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[dragontologist]

A mask I made for larp