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Welcome to the Middle-Earth Ranger Wiki
This is a front door and wiki for the [//ranger.budgetauthenticity.org/forum Middle Earth Ranger Forum]

Philosophy
Middle Earth Rangering, at its core, is the re-creation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth in "re-enactment" form. Modern-day Rangers dress in clothing appropriate to Tolkien's World and the culture of the Dunedain Rangers of Arnor and/or the Ithilien Rangers of Gondor, and practice the skills represented in his works, including but not limited to wilderness survival and combat skills, using as historically appropriate methods and materials as possible.

In the pages of this wiki, you will find an ever-growing wealth of information regarding clothing, equipment, and skills as pertains to Rangering. This small community was started with the desire to pursue Tolkien's Middle Earth Rangers, using his works as a "historical" guide, but we don't stop there! Members of our forums explore re-creation of all of the free peoples of Middle-Earth, and sub-topics of our discussions and research also delve into broader variations on the Ranger persona, including the wildly popular Aruluen Rangers from the Ranger's Apprentice Book series, Emberverse Rangers, Historical Rangers and foresters.

Of course, there are varying levels of "Authenticity" involved in approaching these different topics that wander farther and farther from a truly historical perspective, so to aid you in your search, we are labeling the pages in our wiki as one of five basic "levels" of authenticity, from 100% historically accurate, researched, and documented, all the way to 100% fantastical, so that you can find exactly what you're looking for.

These categories can be noted by the following labels, seen at the head of each page (more than one label may be seen per page): Tolkien-appropriate Historically based

Ranger's Apprentice-based Emberverse-based

Arms/Armor
Archery Bows Swordsmanship Polearms Axes Thrown Weapons

Kit
Kit clothing/garb Hard kit tools

Wodcraft
Woodcraft Fire starting Sharpening Food prep Tracking Setting camp

Additional Information
Modes of Travel Traveling in Groups

Complete Kits
To aid you in researching and assembling your own Middle-earth gear-set, clothing, tools, and weaponry for a complete, accurate, and credible persona, here you will find examples of fully explained kit breakdowns from various cultures in Middle Earth.

Men
Áistan: 3rd Age Beorning   of the Anduin Vale Ursus: 3rd Age Dunedain   Ranger of Arnor

Hobbits
Tungo Boffin, Bounder

Elves
Coming Soon

Dwarves
Coming Soon

meranger.com archive
The middle-earth rangering community owes much of its success and early development to a forum member known simply as "Andy". Andy first went public about his interest in re-creating the gear, skills, and culture associated with the Dunedain Rangers of Middle Earth via online reenactment forums, which led to the creation of his own personal website, meranger.com. Though the website no longer exists, much can be learned from his articles and the myriad photographs collected from his old website and posts to swordforum.com as well as the current ranger forum, here at budgetauthenticity.org This section is dedicated to these images and articles, preserving the useful discoveries he made. Andy: Soft Kit andy: hard kit andy: arms and armor andy: patterns andy: trek photos