Starkhafn Anniversary 2014

April was the Barony of Starkhafn’s annual Anniversary.  We always try to make archery as fun and unusual as possible and this year was…

Fall Cider

By the time I decided I wanted to take something to Yule, it was too later to start sake. After some looking at various…

Hatsuyuki – The First Sake

Hatsuyuki is japanese for the first snow of the season.  This eventually became the name for my first batch of sake, as traditionally sake…

Japanese Archery!

Its here!  That is my shiny carbonglass yumi, arrived via FedEx from Narita. Several years ago I had started looking into japanese bows, the…

Kumihimo Cloak Trim

We have these lovely half circle Moroccan burnoose cloaks that are fleece lined wool.  I decided that a good use for kumihimo would be…