September 9, 20178 yr When you have a hammer everything is a nail. When you are a blacksmith everything is whatever the heck you want it to be.
September 10, 20178 yr Author Old saying 15 minutes at the forge can save an hour at the grinder... Thomas Powers
September 11, 20178 yr "It doesn't have to be pretty to work well, just to sell" DF in the shop. Littleblacksmith
October 15, 20178 yr "Dang it. Frosty shows up and I wander off-topic like a cow with amnesia."-Ohio I couldn't help it, I just loved what he said. littleblacksmith
October 17, 20178 yr Punches and chisels can be turned into..........punches and chisels! John McPherson I love this one, so true. Edited October 17, 20178 yr by Elemental Metal Creations Spelling error
October 17, 20178 yr A friend from Iowa used to go to northern Missouri every fall to help on his uncle's farm. HIs uncle used a sythe and it was noted that every 10 to 15 minutes or so, the sythe was stood upside down on its snath and the blade given a number of strokes with the whet stone. My friend said to his uncle, "Gee unc, you sure do sharpen that blade a lot," to which his uncle replied, "AIN'T NO TIME LOST IN THE WHETTING."
October 18, 20178 yr 5 hours ago, Frank Turley said: "AIN'T NO TIME LOST IN THE WHETTING." And just as true with twist drills, be it at home, or in an industrial setting! Robert Taylor
October 18, 20178 yr I've been teaching myself to weld... after much practice I find that I am becoming a better... grinder.
October 18, 20178 yr Shady, a fella over on the welding web used to have a tagline that read something like "Never weld more in the morning than you can grind off in the afternoon". I always liked that one.
October 19, 20178 yr I got into the craft wanting to make my own blades and so save the "ridiculous prices" of highly trained makers. I now realize that I could have skipped blacksmithing and mowed lawns and bought some of the fanciest swords out there and come out way ahead on time and money! I also know that I would not have traded the last few decades forging on my own for a stack of top maker swords laid flat and as tall as I am! - Thomas Powers
November 8, 20178 yr 19 minutes ago, SLAG said: "Minutiae is a badge of the incompetent." SLAG. That should be "Minutiae ARE the badge of the incompetent."
November 8, 20178 yr 26 minutes ago, JHCC said: That should be "Minutiae ARE the badge of the incompetent." Wouldn't that be badges then? Badges? Badges? We don't need no stinking badges!
November 8, 20178 yr 1 hour ago, Buzzkill said: Wouldn't that be badges then? Not necessarily. "Minutiae are the badges" would imply that each minutia is itself an individual badge, whereas "Minutiae are the badge" implies that minutiae collectively are one single badge. One could avoid the ambiguity by saying "An obsession with minutiae is the badge of the incompetent" (singular "obsession" takes singular "is"), which would also better convey the original writer's intent. However, since "Minutiae" is plural, it must take a plural verb when serving as the subject of the sentence. 1 hour ago, Buzzkill said: Badges? Badges? We don't need no stinking badges! Or badgers, for that matter.
November 8, 20178 yr 29 minutes ago, JHCC said: Not necessarily. "Minutiae are the badges" would imply that each minutia is itself an individual badge, whereas "Minutiae are the badge" implies that minutiae collectively are one single badge. One could avoid the ambiguity by saying "An obsession with minutiae is the badge of the incompetent" (singular "obsession" takes singular "is"), which would also better convey the original writer's intent. However, since "Minutiae" is plural, it must take a plural verb when serving as the subject of the sentence. Thanks for the clarification. I wonder if there are any other blacksmithing forums where one can get quality grammar instruction free of charge. 30 minutes ago, JHCC said: Or badgers, for that matter. A fan of UHF perhaps?
November 8, 20178 yr That's nothing if not repetitive - and it certainly isn't nothing. If that's representative of badgers then I agree that we don't need no stinkin' badgers.
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