Frazer Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Forgot to harden it??? That's a KSO. Perhaps a butter knife.. Easy to sharpen though I suppose.. To each their own.. What kind of scrap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaera Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 Speaking of keeping hanging: On 11/9/2020 at 2:25 PM, Jealdi said: Looks like it should be here in another 2-3 days. How'd they turn out? 45 minutes ago, Frazer said: Forgot to harden it??? That's a KSO. Perhaps a butter knife.. Easy to sharpen though I suppose.. To each their own.. What kind of scrap? It was supposed to be a knife at one point, but then something went wrong, so I cut it off the rebar and just had it sitting around. And so I thought "rather than taking a real knife and having it get screwed up, I can use this". And no, it's not even a KSO. You wouldn't be able to tell it's knife shaped. It's like a BSO- Bar Shaped Object. Almost a bar, but just screwed up enough to not be one. I was saying that I forgot to harden it, so it could be different for bead blasting hardened steel, but I think bead blasting hardened steel would turn out alright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jealdi Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 I still have one or two I have not tried yet. But so far so good. The black dragon pearls are a pretty weak tea, so was a little disappointed in those as they were more expensive than the others. I agree the Cream Earl Grey needs milk or cream. I actually really like the Irish Breakfast with or without dairy, it has become my morning tea most mornings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaera Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Jealdi said: he black dragon pearls are a pretty weak tea Sorry to hear that. I'm glad the Irish breakfast suits your tastes. The CEG is a difficult one. With some dairy it gets such a smooth, rich flavor, but otherwise... not the greatest. And if oversteeped... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jealdi Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 I like the CEG, but it most definitely needs dairy for me to enjoy it. I haven't given up on the black dragon pearls yet... I may just try using a few extra and oversteeping them to see if they get any stronger of a flavor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaera Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 I'm not sure if I got that one or not on my tour... I know I got some kind of pearls, but I can't seem to find them... I like dairy in all my tea, but that CEG really needs it. I mean, generally it just makes it a bit smoother and nicer for me, but with the CEG a little cream makes the difference between mud and one of my favorite teas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Haha so it's a modern art take on a NSKSO (not-so-KSO). I think there may be a market for such things! I Because it's the internet, and things are often lost in translation to text, I don't mean to be critical or anything, so take my bad jokes as such. As far as teas go, I used to drink a lot of genmaicha. I don't really drink a lot of tea nowadays, mostly coffee, but I do remember that was some good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaera Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 No harm done. I'm glad you think I can make a living off being the worst bladesmith around ;). Tea made with rice... interesting! My only rice drink experience is with horchata... now that is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Even a master blacksmith started by making BSOs. Or perhaps NSOs (nail shaped objects). TP will probably correct me on that, from a historical point of view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Well they started cleaning the smithy, fetching fuel, pumping the bellows, filing and finishing, delivering finished items, fetching beer for the Master smith and worked their way up to striking and doing hot work...but yup a lot of nails was probably one step in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaera Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 bso, bso... I'm stumped. Blade shaped object? Nah... Balisong shaped object?? nope. Balatroon??? Boston symphony orchestra?? They made the Boston Symphony Orchestra on an anvil?? Blacksmith shaped object! 3rd grade self portraits! Please help... my brain is melting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Hahaha I took your syntax.. Bar shaped object! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaera Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 Oh, I forgot about that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Bat'leth Shaped Object; what a new smith trying to make a straight blade often ends up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaera Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 That looks to be about right... Why I'm primarily making kiridashis Or skinners. Kiridashis are too small to warp or bend, skinners are supposed to have that gentle curve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshj Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Lol... awesome. And yes, hardened or soft steel- the sandblasting doesn't know the difference. You should have the same finish. Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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