Some of the vendors I have occasionally done business with, appear to have decided they’re going to send me a big email every day for several days, with new “black friday” offers.
Some of the vendors I have occasionally done business with, appear to have decided they’re going to send me a big email every day for several days, with new “black friday” offers.
Back when I used to hang out on deviantart, I encountered a few people who were very interested in swords, but had developed a complete misunderstanding of how they work.
There are many videos of sword test-cutting (“tameshigiri”) on youtube and I generally avoid them. A lot of the time, it seems to be someone who got their hands on something katana-shaped and has decided to risk their, and their friends’ lives.
We’ve all seen footage of things going up into space.
I’m going to be doing the usual drive-pilgrimage that will leave me exhausted, sleepless, and disoriented – but thankful.
Jazzlet’s knife is done.
What if your “good guys with guns” turn out to be the Keystone Kops?
There’s something about the texture of terracotta, like plaster – it reflects and captures light in a way that seems unusually clear and crisp.
Old school mold-makers and modelers like Adam Savage use a technique for framing molds in which they cut cardboard boxes and glue them together with hot glue.
Before my big end-of-year spate of travel started, I did some forge-welding and made a few pieces of bar-stock. One of the pieces was intended for a bread-scoring knife for Commentariat(tm) member Jazzlet.