[CRAFT] Art in Metal

[The Skarzs]

  Well, on things like knives it can take anywhere from five to ten+ hours total.
  On artistic things like leaves, fire pokers, meat turners, or other things, they usually don't take more than an hour.

[Lady Ashenwyte]

 That's a nice piece of work there. Have you ever tried making armour?

[The Skarzs]

Short answer: yes.

So. . . Here I can show you my extremely poor workmanship making armor.

I still want to make some armor in the future, mostly a helmet and chestplate/backplate, but I don't have the metal for it right now.

Also, here is a project I finally finished: a decorative knife.

[Jukka the Sling]

Man, that knife handle is awesome!

[Cornflower MM]

Ohhh, I'm in love with that knife handle. . . . . You did the braiding very well, Skar! It's very pretty.

(Although I'm becoming increasingly more nervous about you being over there with sharp knives. . .  . And flames. . . . )

[The Skarzs]

Thanks! My sister wants me to braid a metal tiara thing for her, so I'm kinda excited to do braiding again. (And you don't need to go all mother hen on me. . . Flames are fun, and I've been around knives for quite a while.)

[Mhera]

...could you make a flaming knife?

That handle is very cool. Since it's decorative, did you put much thought into the blade shape or just let it turn out in any which way?

[The Skarzs]

. . . The latter. Unless I have an actual shape in mind, I usually just let the blade take its own shape, particularly noticeable in the rasp-knife.

  And what exactly did you mean by flaming knife?

[Mhera]

. . . The latter. Unless I have an actual shape in mind, I usually just let the blade take its own shape, particularly noticeable in the rasp-knife.

Oh, okay. Neat

  And what exactly did you mean by flaming knife?

Good question...

[The Skarzs]

Well, actually, when I quench them in oil the oil sticks to them and they come up flaming, so that might count.

[Cornflower MM]

Thanks! My sister wants me to braid a metal tiara thing for her, so I'm kinda excited to do braiding again. (And you don't need to go all mother hen on me. . . Flames are fun, and I've been around knives for quite a while.)

But. . . .

[The Skarzs]

But what? I'll be fine. If anything you should be more worried about the grinder I use.

[Cornflower MM]

*Horrified look* NO MORE FORGING FOR YOU, TROLL!

[Luftwaffles]

Dude, that knife is beautiful. Terrific job there, man (also, the armor was quite impressive too).

[Rusvul]

   Blacksmithing is no more dangerous than driving or... Anything else, really, as long as you're careful. Cars are really quite terrifying if you think about it, but because it's a risk we're used to, we regard it as 'safe.' And it is fairly safe- if you're cautious, the odds of you getting into a car crash are quite low. Same goes for blacksmithing.

Metaphors!!

   The braided knife is interesting... It looks really good, but I can't imagine it would be comfortable to hold.