I wish I were in a position to organize and execute a kind of 'Grand Moot' for Rangers. Sure, I chat with fellow Rangers via the Aether and via messages written on Waystation Boards, but it would be nice to actually meet some of my kith in person on a time.
Imagination always colors things in rosy light, yet still I should think the nights around the fires would be full of stories and exchanges of knowledge and Wisdom. Competitions for those who enjoy them, project work and learning for any who care to partake. It would be nice, aye it would.
On a far more realistic note, it would be insanely expensive these days I suspect, not to mention difficult to set up. Sites are not easily found these days, certainly not ones of reasonable cost.
Yet...it would be amazing if one happened sometime. I suspect, however, that local moots are the best that can be managed.
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I am eying my son's quiver. He likes a belt quiver so I am modifying it. It is leather, the real thing, but rather simple and cheap otherwise. I am augmenting it with a leather extension on the top (it was made for a child's arrows), a system of rings and straps so it can be worn at the waist and carried on the back as desired, a soft leather bag insert to protect and quiet the arrows, and a bit of decoration of the Elven sort. Out of this will come a new belt quiver for myself, although I like wearing mine near horizontally across the small of my back with the points at the draw end; for hunting don't you see? The sheath is flipped off the tip, the arrow draw straight out and down onto the bow, a minimum of movement to spook prey. It too will have a soft leather bag to protect and quieten arrows...and a strap system to allow it to be carried on the back for travel.
I am making arrows. At the moment more hunting arrows for myself. As soon as the spine tester is sorted out I shall be making some for my sons and lass. A family of Rangers, as it were. :)
The bows too, are beginning to be shaped. There is a lot to do on this rainy day.
Eledhwen
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