It you have good boots leather boots....and take care to really work in sno-seal or summit like that.....you will be good..... Unless you cross a stream or summit..... If I think I am going to be in that situation...I dig deep into my bag....for "that" bag that contains my "non-period...

Here is where I have stray from the "PC Middle Earth Path". I wear 100% modern wool sock when it's cold, but they are never seen. I also carry 3 or 4 pair depending. That way I always have a dry pair or two...the pair I am wearing and a pair drying out. One thing I have learned is that col...

It's going to eventually mold. Period.

If you put it in an air tight container, it WILL rot!

I store mine in loosely wrapped brown paper and stored in a burlap bag....

Yes-It is sold in 2-3lb. pieces usually.....it keeps a LONG, LONG, LONG time......my piece is something like 6 years old and still fine.....if it gets mold...and it probably will.....scrub it down real well with white vinegar....just make sure it can BREATH though....or it will go rancid! Now, I lik...

Correction: salt cured bacon....same place though...

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If I may...

Instead of store bought salt pork.....buy a piece of air cured bacon from turkey foot trading....

Personally, I hope that Lagertha gets to be the one to take Auslag down a notch or five....I find her character irritating....I am definitely Team Lagertha!

It would be kind of awesome to see Lagertha head butt Auslag in the nose.....just sayin'.....

OK I'll begin!

LOVE this show...well done, with a great story...and let's face it....Lagertha is a heck of a piece of Warrior Woman eye candy!

Am I the only one that kinda found the opening battle scene as a Dark Ages example of shirts vs. skins?

I am a stickler for almost everything being "correct"...except for my water bottle.....I use a leather covered bota....

Fimbulvintr......

When I was heavy into 18thC reenacting, I always wanted to be seen as "common" and it is very much the same way now that I have stepped into my beloved Middle Earth. As Udwin pointed out, the Dunedain are not common, either in number OR skills. They are the SF Operators of ME...great analo...

That's right!

Betcha won't make fun of us "barefoot hillbillies" again!

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True or not....I really don't care, because it is still glorious!

Nice kit!

If you and I ever meet on a trek, we MUST get a picture......we would seriously look like a Dunedan and Dwarf!

I am an axe guy, but love swords too....and that sword is massive!!!

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Nice Kit Brett!

I'm only 5'4"....and very stocky.....so I look like a dwarf no matter who I am with....but then, I am OK with that!

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