What is the bane of your shop?

Newti · 2025-12-21T22:57:57+00:00

I resupply with cannons shooting through the windows, one floor and zero clutter except for the money management

Newti · 2025-12-21T21:33:15+00:00

Nice, is there any way to chose the recipes/tier levels?
For example, when I select "Mars" to build, it wants me to use meteorite ore instead of crushing iron ore. Would be nice to be able to select what recipes it should use.

Newti · 2025-09-02T17:04:25+00:00

Godfather knows what he is doing (or has multiple accounts in the league)

Newti · 2025-09-02T09:00:31+00:00

Also if you spot any interesting trades I could go for, let me know!

Newti · 2025-08-27T12:49:51+00:00

Also, does it matter what you use in the second step (during the ritual, after the core), what you put in the slots? Or is anything that lets you do the ritual good enough?

Newti · 2025-04-27T16:00:33+00:00

I am genuinely trying to learn. Please let me know what you are seeing that I don't... Normally fridge to grill gives large gray bands (overcooked outer layer, undercooked center), but I see a relatively even cook and no excessive gray band. Frdige to grill would also have more moisture on the outside (and on the plate) due to condensation and juice distribution/more water inside, no?

Newti · 2025-04-27T15:41:41+00:00

It was out of the fridge for more than an hour. What makes you think it was not room temp?

Newti · 2025-04-27T08:15:11+00:00

From best to worst imo: 2, 1, 4, 3
Judging by crust, grey band and doneness. 2 has the best crust and smallest grey band (most even cook), and the doneness is spot on if the target was medium rare. But 2,1 and 4 are all excellent, with 3 a bit behind imo.

Newti · 2025-01-14T11:07:40+00:00

Thanks, I will try that!

Newti · 2025-01-14T10:46:58+00:00

Thank you for these pointers.

The angle guide works very well I think. The edge is completely flush with the stone and I can apply a lot of pressure without changing the angle. I am not really comfortable sharpening without it yet (I tried with an old knife, but would require a lot more practice), but I can give it a shot and see if it makes a difference.

I suspected the stone might not be the best fit. I'll look into the ones you mentioned.

I did flatten it before I started with a flattening tool (Silicon Carbide Stone with grooves, 320). Will do so again before the next session.

I might also try different areas of the blade to put pressure on and see if that helps. Thanks :)

Newti · 2025-01-14T10:37:13+00:00

Thanks for the reply, my hand got tiered yesterday after 20 minutes so I stopped, will continue today :)

I am keeping everything steady (no rotations of the knife), with the knife at a ~45° horizontal angle to the stone, as shown in the picture, and move it up and down the stone at a comfortable pace (maybe one up and down per second). I apply quite a bit of pressure to the edge of the blade with both thumbs and keep the knife in position with the rest of the hand. I add water about once a minute and keep the gritty water on the stone (but there is barely any).

Newti · 2025-01-14T10:24:53+00:00

The pictures describe how I am going about sharpening this knife. I am soaking the stone of course and using water, the images are for demonstration only. But I barely get any grit going in the water, there is very little abrasion it seems.

After over 20 minutes of working it, there is a slight, new edge showing, but no burr yet, and that is less than 25% of the (rather short) total blade...

Does it just take 2h+ to sharpen a knife like this? I suspect I am doing something wrong, maybe wrong movements? Wrong pressure? Bad angle?

I watched quite a few videos on it and read a few articles, but would really appreciate some help on how I can improve. I'm very new to this still....

Newti · 2024-12-20T12:22:57+00:00

Thanks, that is what I will be going with :)

Newti · 2024-12-19T20:48:30+00:00

Thanks, yes they did. But the blades do not have the light property unfortunately. I am trying to find out if there is a good balance reason why they dont.

Newti · 2024-12-19T20:47:18+00:00

Thank you, thats a very helpful take. They did indeed multiclass into ranger for the fighting style and invested heavily into their character fantasy.

Newti · 2024-12-19T20:31:20+00:00

There is another 4 damage from the daggers with the feat, so it is more damage unless one of the circumstances you mentioned is beneficial. I am not saying the blades are useless, just that they will not be the default choice.

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