So in May or June this year I had this idea about crafting myself a scabbard for a sword I use in HEMA. I bought power tools, plywood, wood glue, wood varnish, linen sheets, leather, a shit ton of leather making tools. Then it made me want to try out wood carving so I bought tools for that, as well as for wood whittling "to try my hand with smaller scale projects".

6 months later, all I have to show for it is an unfinished knife sheath I tried to make to train myself and then lost interest in finishing

[–] chocrates@piefed.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

What styles do your practice in hema?
I'm trying to get myself to get back in.

Edit: also I got super into Arduino for like 2 weeks. My house is covered in electronic bits that I don't understand, and I'll be damned if I can watch the udemy course

[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mostly do messer (based on Leckuchner's treaty), a bit of arming sword and buckler (based on the 1.33 manuscript) and recently started 19th century sabre (based on Waite's manual). They're all really fun but my heart goes to messer, it's such a fun weapon to use and the period really interests me.

What's keeping you from getting back in?

[–] chocrates@piefed.world 1 points 5 days ago

I'm just shy of 40 and haven't been athletic in 5 years and the way I used to practice got me injured a lot. We took the "blossfechten" too seriously.