[Ansteorra-marshals] Rawhide swords

[Elfsea Marshal]

Take a synthetic rawhide bone (large), soak it until it's pliable, wrap it around your sword and trim it to fit, stitch up the seam, and done. 
 It's a regular rattan sword with a single layer of rawhide wrapped around it. 

> On Feb 17, 2016, at 15:43, Derryk Carr <wyzdman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I had not heard of this, but would be interested in see if they worked and
> how we would work thrusting tips with them.
> 
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Elfsea Marshal <
> marshal at elfsea.ansteorra.org> wrote:
> 
>> They have been in use by His Majesty Creppin, His Grace Sven, and His
>> Grace Sven's squires for a long time. I have seen them used at practices
>> and at Gulf War last year. His Grace Sven would be the best resource for
>> any information regarding this.
>> 
>> Absolon of Hereford
>> 
>>> On Feb 17, 2016, at 15:06, Craig Carter <slotshot at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I saw someone comment that this was a new weapon that Sven and HRM was
>> experimenting with and I just assumed in tennis ball fireballs!
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Andreas von Meißen<scamiz at gmail.com>
>> wrote:   Leather dussacks are a completely different animal (and are truly
>> bonkers
>>> amounts of fun).
>>> 
>>> -- Andreas
>>>> On Feb 17, 2016 2:55 PM, "Chris Zakes" <dontivar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> So this is a *covering* made of rawhide going over a rattan sword, not
>> an
>>>> entire sword made of rawhide? (Because at a KWAR some years back,
>> someone
>>>> had some leather dusacks he was fooling around with.)
>>>> 
>>>> -Tivar Moondragon
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Brandon McDermott <
>> brandonsmcd at yahoo.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> You can make one easy. You can use regular rawhide, drum head rawhide
>>>>> (best), or even the large chew toy rawhide. Get it wet, use a baseball
>>>>> stitch on both sides (on the flat sides) to snug it up to the sword and
>>>> let
>>>>> dry. Lasts much much longer than duct tape.
>>>>> 
>>>>>  Lochlan
>>>>> 
>>>>>    On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 1:32 PM, Chris Baran <
>>>>> chris_baran at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>  I've never even heard of them.  Where could we gaze upon one of these
>>>>> things and try it out?
>>>>> 
>>>>> R~
>>>>> 
>>>>>> From: kajiracamber at gmail.com
>>>>>> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 18:13:22 +0000
>>>>>> To: ansteorra-marshals at lists.ansteorra.org
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-marshals] Rawhide swords
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Have only looked at them and have heard some comments about them (i.e.
>>>>>> issues when it rains due to soaking/expanding/slipping/etc).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 12:12 PM Liam Gordon <
>>>>> cenliamgordon2005 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I know His Majesty has. I was about to start.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Liam
>>>>>>> On Feb 17, 2016 12:11 PM, "Earl Marshal" <
>>>>> kingdom at marshal.ansteorra.org>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> So, who's experimented with them?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> JP
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