Iron Age earner

[John Fenna]

Last year, as a Pre-Moot Course - I did a bit of leather working under the watchful eye of Eric and he showed me how to make Viking Turnshoes and courans (sp?)
This year I went to a "prehistoric fayre" at Castell Henllys Iron Age fort (well worth a visit - look it up on the web!). As I was leaving I was asked if I would do Bushcraft Skills demos at the next "prehistoric fayre" - no pay but I could sell my crafts etc ....
Naturally I said "yes!" and repeated it when they asked if I could do it in Iron Age costume.
With advice (and the generous donation of some fabric ) from Toddy I put together an outfit and trotted along to show them what I intended wearing to see if it passed muster.
Well - they seemed quite happy with my clothing but when they saw the shoes I was asked if I could make all the staff Iron Age shoes as well
So now I am half way through making six pairs of bespoke Iron Age pit boots in 3mm veg tan
A big thankyou to Eric and Toddy for helping me make an impression

By the by - I will be doing more fayres at CH in the future (not that I sold much on the first one) and may even be hired to do do skills demos next year as part of the general information in the season - not just fayres!
Pictures of me as a "Cunning old Celt -

 

[udamiano]

Nice one John, you definitely look the part mate. Wayland will be around soon to make sure, your paying your Roman masters their tithe and due

 

[Harvestman]

They had better be paying you for making six pairs of shoes.

Love the outfit - was going to say costume, but it isn't, its a set of clothes from another period, but it works.

 

[Dogoak]

Looking good there John, Cunning Old Celt? Celtic Catalogue Man I reckon

 

[decorum]

Nice work ~ first pic needs a bit of a 'tweak' though :yikes: .


Not too affected by the flooding I hope? By my reckoning you're not quite in the worst affected areas, but probably not far enough from it for the weather to not be _interesting_ at the moment :yikes: :umbrella: .

 

[Harvestman]

This century, Oi'll be mosty wearing plaid...

 

[Dreadhead]

great gear there love it! especially in that last photo. SWMBO is making some currans at the moment for her viking dress theyre so simple and functional may make some myself in the future

 

[John Fenna]

Well phil - TBH I did not register that the weather was worse than normal ... no floods near us at all
As to being paid for the shoes - oh yes
Not as much as I get for skills coaching though - but coaching is on hold at the mo due to the rivers being a bit big....

 

[decorum]

TBH I did not register that the weather was worse than normal ... no floods near us at all

Are you a latter day Canute and did you turn back the tide by trying to sell stuff to it?

being paid for the shoes - oh yes

Good man

... but coaching is on hold at the mo due to the rivers being a bit big....

:thinkerg: Even canoe coaching?





You still need a slap on the wrist for that first pic though

 

[John Fenna]

Are you a latter day Canute and did you turn back the tide by trying to sell stuff to it?




Good man



:thinkerg: Even canoe coaching?





You still need a slap on the wrist for that first pic though

Cant coach skills on swollen waters...
On the day I replaced my watch with a leather strap to hide my tan line...

 

[Zingmo]

Gah! I was holidaying with the family in Parrog last week- not five minutes from Castell Henllys and I never knew it was there!

Very nice outfits John.

Z

 

[John Fenna]

Gah! I was holidaying with the family in Parrog last week- not five minutes from Castell Henllys and I never knew it was there!

Very nice outfits John.

Z

I think a lot of folk missed the fayre - it clashed with a lot of Jubilee stuff....

 

[Biker]

Really impressive that John. Well done!

 

[Wayland]

Snip> On the day I replaced my watch with a leather strap to hide my tan line...

That's what prompted me to make my first one of these.

It takes a long time to get rid of the tell tale glance at the wrist when you want to know the time for some reason.