Another year has past, and thanks to our midwestern summer humidity, I again faced the challenges of Maintaining Gaffneyis Gear. However, I managed to improve my process somewhat.( Read more... )

Since I read this blog post I have been tuning up my eggbeater drills.

Here are two of them:
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Last Saturday, May 19, 2011. Pictures here.( Read more... )

(From smuzikant)

Military History or Living History?

I don’t pretend to be a blacksmith I am one. We’re not pretending to bake bread we're actually doing it. That’s not something you can say for the average martial persona which, by their very nature have inherent limitations. When was the last time Viking re-enactors actually stole, killed, and brought ( Read more... )

On Saturday, Sept. 10, mia_mcdavid and I were part of colgaffneyis camp at the Scottish Heritage Festival of the First Presbyterian Church in Hudson, Wisconsin. As with Fort William, we traveled lightly.( Read more... )

We took four of colgaffneyis polearms (3 pikes and a partisan) to Fort William and back last weekend. You can see how they traveled here.These take a lot of abuse at our events. The heads are always getting rusty. The shafts have not received any maintenance in 5 years to my certain knowledge, and I suspect much longer. The problem was similar to that of ( Read more... )

mia_mcdavid and I joined colgaffneyis expedition to Fort William in Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the Celtic Festival there July 23-24. ( Read more... )

On Sunday morning mia_mcdavid and our son James left here for a road trip. They drove to Michigan, to see Mia's mother and other relatives. I have been alone here, except for the cat, who apparently regards me primarily as her servant. So what have I been doing? ( Read more... )

mia_mcdavid and I spent Saturday with Colgaffneyis at the Minnesota Scottish Fair & Highland Games. It was my 60th birthday. ( Read more... )

This past weekend mia_mcdavid and I were part of colgaffneyis group at the Scottish Ramble, held at the Landmark Center in St. Paul.
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