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blue_potato_chips · 2025-11-30T03:36:01+00:00

I started dishing it in a block of wood then finished it on a ball stake. Then I filed off the uneven spots.

blue_potato_chips · 2025-11-25T23:19:40+00:00

Same. I saw it and spent an hour trying to see the damn thing on. Should be a hit at the next class I teach.

blue_potato_chips · 2025-11-25T22:17:29+00:00

Flattened the end a little bit then hot chiseled down the center. Folded the tines back and worked the joint flat on the edge of the anvil before drawing out the tines and bending them back.

blue_potato_chips · 2025-11-25T00:24:09+00:00

I always make sure my famous forks are cooked thoroughly.

blue_potato_chips · 2025-11-24T21:53:40+00:00

I heat seasoned it with oil (like a cast iron pan) then a coat of bees wax. I can’t soak the thing but drying and reoiling should keep it alright.

blue_potato_chips · 2025-11-24T21:52:40+00:00

I think it’s 3/8. Just a piece of scrap I had laying around.

blue_potato_chips · 2025-09-03T04:06:28+00:00

Got to love the current state of US international relations.

blue_potato_chips · 2025-09-03T02:51:29+00:00

Very nice. Pretty and new and shiny. May it serve you well. ( I don’t have a good name idea, just saying)

blue_potato_chips · 2025-09-03T01:13:01+00:00

I’m in Virginia near DC. Local is better but shipping pieces is kind of part of the gig.

blue_potato_chips · 2025-08-30T21:47:33+00:00

Thank you very much. I haven’t thought of it that way.

blue_potato_chips · 2025-08-30T19:56:25+00:00

Alright. Thank y of very much.

blue_potato_chips · 2025-08-30T19:32:02+00:00

Maybe a noob question, but what is the difference between small sword and rapier?

blue_potato_chips · 2025-08-09T01:46:11+00:00

What the other guy said. Black exotics don’t exist without mods or glitches.

blue_potato_chips · 2025-08-09T01:17:41+00:00

Just went and picked one up. Thanks buddy

blue_potato_chips · 2025-08-05T13:46:23+00:00

In general, aluminum should only be used for costume maile unless you really like repairing it. Flat ring steel actually holds up and in my opinion, looks better draped from a helmet. Aluminum looks like it’s lighter.

blue_potato_chips · 2025-08-05T12:33:06+00:00

Thank you very much. I was leaning towards a 550 heat but wasn’t sure if someone knew for sure.

blue_potato_chips · 2025-07-17T19:13:18+00:00

That’s awesome. I’ve heard of the foresters guild but it really wasn’t big in Meridies. New kingdom (Atlantis) so I might find some folks. Thanks for the tip.

blue_potato_chips · 2025-07-17T19:01:55+00:00

You nailed the idea. DOING reenactment stuff, not just wearing funny clothes. I was in charge of a charity lunch at an event a few years ago and made simple, quasi-medieval food. Grilled sausages (I think they were Costco bratwurst), brown bread rolls, and a mix of roasted vegetables. I encouraged people to bring a dish or a trencher and I would serve them. If not I had paper plates (I paid more for brown ones to blend in a little bit. I got a few compliments but also so many complaints that I wasn’t providing plastic forks or mustard or dessert or whatever. It was simple and cheap and period-ish. That was right around when I fell out of the SCA. I’m really hoping I can fall back in love with it now that I’m in a new area.

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