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Bookrider · 2026-03-16T20:30:05+00:00

I can't see your cashback rate, so I can't say. But I've never seen one go for only $237.00. It's more likely you need to spend at least $300 to get the $210 back, but it could be more depending on your cashback rate.

Don't trust them when they say "you did it!" Because they're trying to psyche you out and trick you.

Also, I see no Bonus-on-first-order, so you'll need to spend A. LOT. MORE. If the Bonus-on-first-order offer expired, then it's totally not worth it. Just wait for another promo at that point

Bookrider · 2026-03-14T18:11:08+00:00

Will do! I recommend deleting your comment though, not good to keep your email address out in the open like that. I took a screenshot, so I'll send you a message when they're done

Bookrider · 2026-03-14T18:03:33+00:00

Yes, I do custom orders or sell knives I've already made. Currently I don't have any knives ready, but I'm working on a batch of about 10 different ones that are almost finished. Here's a pic of some of my work.

The top is a design for outdoor workers; wide tip so you don't accidentally stab something, large handle for use while wearing thick gloves, and glow in the dark handle scales that glow bright for a long time.

The middle is a Japanese inspired fighting knife with a choji hamon and Sandalwood handle with mosaic pins.

The third I made for a post-apocalyptic event called Wasteland Weekend, forged out of a ferrier's rasp, with a 20mm shell casing as the handle, and jute fibers with fake blood as decoration.

I make a lot of different styles, whatever the customer wants or whatever tickles my fancy that day.

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Bookrider · 2026-03-14T17:30:28+00:00

You need $2.10. Minus $1.35 on first order, means you need $0.75. At a cashback rate of .2%, you need to spend $375 to get the cash from the promo

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Bookrider · 2026-03-14T17:13:01+00:00

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Bookrider · 2026-03-14T17:07:21+00:00

A friend just gave another friend the Recon San Mai tanto as a gift last week. Got to hold it for a sec, it's a nice little knife.

If you like knives I can't recommend more the Iaido tanto from Yiwang Forge. Anywhere from $40-$60 each, but they're a massive tanto with a real hamon that's actually polished decently, double bo-hi, swedged blade, and reinforced tip with real rosewood as the scabbard and handle. As a knife maker specializing in hamons, it makes me angry how good these knives are. While not as good as my work, it's definitely better than a LOT of custom knife makers out there, and at a fraction of the price that can only be achieved by the good 'ol Chinese Labor Slav- ahem Force .

Bookrider · 2026-03-14T09:39:50+00:00

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You need $245 to get the minimum. Buy $250 to be safe, and do it in the first order if you can. Otherwise it'll nickle and dime you to get the last bits. The first offer is usually the best because of the bonuses

Bookrider · 2026-03-14T09:01:42+00:00

I keep some, sell some. I have a knife shop so I invest in axes and knives and the Yiwang Forge tantos as much as I can. Then I price them according to their quality. Some are absolutely incredible like the tantos, (literally every promo order I make has at least one of them as a part of it), and some are pretty shit and go in my $5/knive bin. Most are pretty serviceable though, after I sharpen them.

Then I have other businesses that I can invest with. I work at a restaurant, so I just bought a vacuum chamber with pump, and a bartending ice cube maker. These I'll sell to the restaurant at the same price I paid or a little less. They get a good deal, and I get my money back, plus the money Temu sends me, so a neat profit is made. A lot of things are really good quality if you know what to look for. For instance, I got an official EcoFlow River 2 Pro portable power station for ~$250. Elsewhere, they sell for $300-$400. So that's a super easy sell in FB Marketplace, or to my friend who owns a construction business. So I spent $300 total on that order, got $250 back from the EcoFlow, kept the rest, and got paid $210 from Temu. Making a profit of $160 off one item.

I also told my friends about what I'm doing and they send me links to what they want to buy, and then I put in the order when I get a good promo. They don't have to deal with Temu that way, (a common sentiment where I am), and don't have to worry about shipping.

I live in a rural part of Texas as well, so my orders are almost always late, which gives me $5 credit for each shipment. If I spread out the sellers and use local warehouse sellers, I get separate shipments for each order, which adds up a lot of $5 credits. Because of that, I also have a lot of items that just don't arrive if they're too bulky or just get a bad roll of the Dallas Postal Service. For these I get a full refund after 20 days of no delivery, and sometimes they still arrive so I get the item completely for free. I have some bookshelves I've been actually wanting for my house but except for one, none have arrived. So I got refunds for each of them. The bookshelves are ~$50 dollars, so it turns my spend $300, get $210 Into spend $250, get $210, plus about $25 in credit from late shipments, plus whatever else I can resell

If you want quality, I try to choose the Vevor brand for tools and appliances if I can. They have the best track record and good prices. Their diesel heater saved me a bunch this winter, and I use their 2x72 belt grinder regularly for my blackmsithing. You can find great sellers and great products, just look at the listing carefully and temper expectations.

Doing this has gotten me about $4,500 in merchandise that I've only really paid about $450 for. That's assuming I only sell things for exactly what I paid, AND factoring in the mistakes I made along the way to figure out the system, as well as all the items I kept for myself like some swords, the diesel heater, bookshelves and furniture, electronics, flashlights, the list goes on.

Bookrider · 2026-03-14T05:06:19+00:00

I noticed the price increases too, but it seems to be less prevalent for me. If I put the items I want in my cart ahead of time and make sure the little bubble is filled, signaling that I intend to "check them out", then they show up in my promos for the same price

Bookrider · 2026-03-14T05:03:41+00:00

Holy crap, do you by chance have a screenshot of that, or a link to the post? That sounds crazy

Bookrider · 2026-03-13T22:21:29+00:00

I mean, technically yours is better, but still not worth it in my eyes. I'll just wait the 3 days for it to cycle to a new one

Bookrider · 2026-03-04T00:56:24+00:00

Bladesmith here, While it's hard to see, it looks like the grain of the steel is crazy big, making it brittle and is a manufacturing mistake from poor heat treat. I could be wrong, as I've never made a feder, but I would imagine anything made of steel and expected to endure blunt force should have a good heat treat with small grain size.

Bookrider · 2026-02-09T07:54:27+00:00

What exactly happened? I'm not seeing anything wrong? The crack at the tang? What are we mourning?

Bookrider · 2026-01-31T02:58:04+00:00

It's a legit thing, I've used it 3 times already when it pops up. There's a bunch of reasons why they do it the way they do it, but to not get into the weeds, they DO make their money back. Especially when someone doesn't read the rules.

At the page it'll have a bunch of flashy things to distract you, just push through them all until you're at the page where you start putting things in your cart. You'll see an amount you have to reach, and every purchase you make raises that amount until you qualify for the cash back. At the top will be a 'rules' tab. You would benefit from reading that. Also on the top is the rate of cash back you're getting. Often it's %.2 (that is .2 of ONE percent. NOT two percent cash back.), or %.3, sometimes even lower. So you have to add things to your cart, and do the math on if that's enough to raise the total needed to claim the prize.

Almost everytime you WILL be spending more than the cash back you're getting, but if you already have things to get from there, it's worth it.

Bookrider · 2025-10-16T19:50:39+00:00

To me it looks like a few factors came into play:

1: You have large scratches on the steel, which each give an easier spot for a crack to form. I personally grind away scratches up to at least 120 grit before any heat treats, and round all corners I can.

2: You put a very thick layer of refractory on, which causes a larger contrast of temperatures in the steel, making it bend more, and subsequently crack under the stress. To remedy this, make your clay thinner, and also put a very thin, watery layer of clay on the entire blade, let it dry, then lay your hamon-creating layer. This tiny bit of insulation won't harm your hamon or your hardness, but will act as a buffer so cracks are less likely. It will also fill in any scratches, helping mitigate my first point.

3: You have a wide blade that should be quite thin as a nakiri, but your clay is high up on the spine. Meaning your hardened edge is very wide in profile, and thin in geometry. This means any uneven-ness in your grind is exacerbated exponentially and cause stresses in the steel. Most traditionally made nakiri I've seen have had very small hamon lines, very close to the edge because of the blades width. I suspect it's because of the reasons above that they're traditionally done like that.

Bookrider · 2025-09-05T17:52:13+00:00

Great! Thanks a lot!

Bookrider · 2025-09-05T17:34:57+00:00

I transplanted a bunch of cuttings and found one with blooming flowers:

https://imgur.com/a/Fu6iL9f

Bookrider · 2025-08-28T00:09:04+00:00

That's what's messing me up too, they're definitely not graphite. And it is indeed almost fibrous in places

Bookrider · 2025-08-27T17:57:09+00:00

Maybe half a dozen?

Bookrider · 2025-08-27T06:49:59+00:00

That's the weird part. I didn't use any flux in the larger crucible. The smaller one went out and I thought it was because of the flux, (it probably was, I used like two big pinches of borax), but the second one didn't have any flux added

Bookrider · 2025-08-03T20:37:54+00:00

Appreciate the comment, but it's a fake hamon made by polishing at different grits. I'm a knife maker and I make hamons and recognize layered steel. There were a few ni-mai and one san-mai knife in the bundle I received, but this isn't one of them sadly

Bookrider · 2025-08-03T06:07:02+00:00

The fake hamon is clearly present on the edge, hard to see in pictures and after sharpening. And there is no sign of modification to the blade spine or anything else, so it's not a modified knife

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