Building the Longbow

This is the oak longbow that I'm building. It's pretty much at the fine tuning stage now. I built this tillering board last night. It's a jig used to make sure each limb is bending correctly.  I'm sure that the only way to learn if it's bending correctly is to have a few break on you. Then you can get a feel for right bend.  Anyway....I can wait to shoot this! I need to order some bow strings soon.

Me and Gimley

 Self portrait of me and my Lord of the Rings ceramic mug.

Giant Viking War Hammer: Finished!

All that is left on this one is the leather strap. You can find the details at my store Toys for Vikings.

Giant Hammer

 So....I'm making this huge hammer. For the sole reason that it had to be made....I believe I was called to do this. This obsession of mine with these weapons started many years ago the first time I saw the movie Yojimbo. In the movie one of the bad guys carried a huge wooden hammer. It just seemed to me an absurd choice of weapon. That's the part I loved. It was so wrong that it was beautiful in its wrongness. Anyway, this beast is almost finished! I'll be listing it in my store at some point. My next project will be a long bow. I'm looking around for a decent affordable stave. Most likely yew. Building a bow has been on my list for quite some time as well. Stay tuned.

Oak War Hammers

 As a result of my continuing quest of the "Old Ways" I made this matched set of battle hammers. Made of solid oak. These are not props! They are made to pound your enemies (real or otherwise) flat. They are 18 inches long with two 1/2 dowels attaching the handle to the head.  They can be found here.