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Do it yourself, Miscellaneous

The Viking Axe: How to design your own axe with simple means

The axe is not only a useful tool for splitting wood or other chopping and cutting tasks – with a little help, it can also look really good and become your very own favourite tool, round off your medieval outfit or simply be used to decorate your camp.

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1. October 2021by Battle-Merchant_Blog
Camp & Kitchen, Do it yourself

Cooking like in the Middle Ages: Mead vegetables with starter and dessert

Mittelalter Rezept kochen

Medieval cuisine was varied and extremely tasty. Not only do many cookbooks dealing with medieval recipes bear witness to this, we can also experience it ourselves when we recreate them. We would like to introduce to you today: mead vegetables with starter and dessert. It’s rather simple, but it tastes (and smells!) just wonderful. At the bottom of this post you will find a video in which Christin and Stefan cook this medieval dish, give tips on the storage kitchen and philosophize about medieval ingredients.

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27. November 2020by Battle-Merchant_Blog
Do it yourself

Making chain mail armour yourself (4-in-1 pattern)

Beim Kettenhemd knüpfen benötigst Du Kettenringe, zwei Zangen und Geduld.

There are several reasons why someone wants to make their own chain mail armour (hauberk, coif, aventail etc). On the one hand, you can have a free hand in terms of the overall finished dimensions, materials and decorations. On the other hand, it is great to finally hold your self-made chain mail as an actual finished piece at the end.

There is also the work itself. And no, we don’t want to gloss over anything that you may find difficult: Especially for beginners, the work at the beginning is not easy. You need patience, perseverance and to keep an eye on your handiwork as things progress. But once you’ve started, weaving chain mail has an almost meditative effect, and its creation is a great hobby that will give you many satisfying hours. Weaving chain mail is a great hobby. In this article, we will show you step by step how to knot the 4-in-1 pattern. Here we go!

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23. March 2020by Battle-Merchant_Blog

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Making your own chain mail requires a lot of patience, but it is also a deeply satisfying job. In our online shop, you’ll find all the necessary materials.

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