12th Century Re-enactment, from Radnor/Powys (Wales) and Heimaey (Iceland)
Time period: 1194.
23 years after the death of Owain Gwynedd, Cymru is still ruled by Dafydd ap Owain, who killed his brother and Owain's rightful successor - Hywel ap Owain. Dafydd supports the Norman Church, which has increased its control within Wales. Delwyn, a Welsh bard, lives on the farm of Katla, a distant Icelandic relative and widow.
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Delwyn o Llandrindod
Katla of Heimaey (The Westman Islands)
Crwth
Delwyn plays the crwth. He was stripped of his harp, a very harsh punishment for Welsh bards - so he's always hoping to work out a way to get a new one. In the meantime, the crwth serves quite well.
I am very excited to have found a crwth seller in the US that charges only a few hundred dollars. Good crwths by expert Welsh crwth makers cost around $2,000 - $5,000. I paid about $300 in October 2025, plus shipping. The lead time is 6 months, so I should receive it sometime in April or May. There may be an additional cost for when I bring the crwth to my local violin shop to have them check it over. I started playing the cello last year, and I've come to understand the value in having a luthier check it over and make adjustments if needed. I intend to buy a traditional crwth sometime in the future - but for now, I'm lucky to have one in preparation at all.
I took up the cello last year, and am using that to get familiar with string instruments in general.
Tiny Archery
I started working with a small 10" recurve trick bow made of carbon fiber, because I live in an apartment and the county archery range is too far for me to easily travel to by myself. I have some wood staves that I'm going to attempt to carve into mini-bows. I've also got a sitka willow with which to grow arrow shafts.
Poetry & Prose
Bronze celtic leaf blade sword + cedar scabbard
Copper-coated telemark buckler shield
11 inch hawthorn bow
SchnidejochpassShoes shoes
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