Aye, many apologies, I have been rather busy with college, so I haven't had much time for posting.
Today... (dramatic pause) was rather chaotic. Upon stepping onto campus today, the entire open courtyard thingy (yes, I know, thingy is a very technical and specific term. hush.) was flooded with tables of the different campus clubs, as well as a team of Hispanic rappers blasting everyone's ear buds within a 3 mile radius. Needless to say, the Christian groups were few, compared to the overwhelmingly large tables for the muslim groups and the gay-straight alliance crews. Also, there was a distinctively noticable lack of any group of the crafty, metal-smithing sort. Who knows? Maybe I could start one up; for every 3rd 5-1 patch woven, a prayer being said or a bible verse being quoted. Biblical armor. Yeah. If you can't tell, my cold-enhanced (read, barely functioning) mind is in full power right now. Very random, and very insane.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Sunday, September 2, 2012
It Has Come.
No, not my doom, or anything else negative. Just possibly the greatest boon to armor-crafters and/or other blacksmiths across the globe.
It is... drum roll please... a swage block!
For those of y'all who don't know what it is, look it up. For those too lazy to do so, basically it is a lump of solid steel with bowl shapes and spoon shapes engraved into it, and different angles and other shapes around the rim. This may seem entirely useless to non-smiths, scratching their heads over the curious ramblings of this viking smith over a 20 lb. block of metal with shapes in it, but to smiths, it is rather invaluable. Particularly those who craft armor and are desperately in need of dishing triangles of steel sheeting into a full Norse spangenhelm.
Anyhoo, on a slightly more serious matter, college begins again on Tuesday, and from thereon out it will be a struggle. Not that college itself is a struggle, no. It is satisfyingly challenging, aye, but with certain bad days ahead, and all, it is becoming a rather pressing thing to find other Christians on campus.
God bless y'all.
It is... drum roll please... a swage block!
For those of y'all who don't know what it is, look it up. For those too lazy to do so, basically it is a lump of solid steel with bowl shapes and spoon shapes engraved into it, and different angles and other shapes around the rim. This may seem entirely useless to non-smiths, scratching their heads over the curious ramblings of this viking smith over a 20 lb. block of metal with shapes in it, but to smiths, it is rather invaluable. Particularly those who craft armor and are desperately in need of dishing triangles of steel sheeting into a full Norse spangenhelm.
Anyhoo, on a slightly more serious matter, college begins again on Tuesday, and from thereon out it will be a struggle. Not that college itself is a struggle, no. It is satisfyingly challenging, aye, but with certain bad days ahead, and all, it is becoming a rather pressing thing to find other Christians on campus.
God bless y'all.
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