The faster something removes metal, the easier it is to rapidly screw up a blade. If the tools you are using produce perfect surfaces, they’ll be slow but you’ll enjoy the results.
The faster something removes metal, the easier it is to rapidly screw up a blade. If the tools you are using produce perfect surfaces, they’ll be slow but you’ll enjoy the results.
Grinding and grinding and more grinding… As my buddy Mike says “blacksmiths turn the universe to dust, one piece at a time.” That’s neglecting hand sanding.
A voice from my past contacted me, and apparently they had been looking at some of my online postings, in which I mentioned that the skinny dagger I made for R.B.’s dad was a “letter opener” – she asked for a “husband opener.” Well, who could say “no” to that?!
The US Government’s view is that our CO2 emissions will continue to climb, until 2050, at which point they will suddenly tail off.
(I stole the title from Kristjan, because I knew I needed a title, fast, and this would grab some overflow eyeballs, or something!)
Let’s get a bit paranoid, shall we?
I’m sure you’ve all noticed that the ad economy appears to be getting worse and worse. There’s good news and bad news. As usual, I’ll start with the bad news.
A friend of mine sent me a link to this; we were discussing prevailing currents in the Pacific in the context of ancient rafters maybe going to South America from Africa and vice-versa. So, this is just cool. I’m not sure of its longterm usefulness but when Canada catches on fire this year I’ll turn the mapping on an see how it looks.
I used to love fashion. It flows from my love of art, design, and craft – some of the outfits from the high end of the couture world are just amazing. The Fashion Museum at the Met is a mandatory destination whenever I’m in New York, and I’ve managed to catch some of the big shows like The Age of Napoleon and the Heavenly Bodies show. [met] But after last year, when Kim Kardashian managed to pack her gigantic butt into a dress originally fitted for Marilyn Monroe, I began to see the event as a desert of decadence, mostly notable for the tremendous amount of elective plastic surgery on display.
Is this 15,000 year old artifact evidence of a MAGA time machine?