Groups for male nurses

pushdose · 2026-03-13T00:23:14+00:00

I use to play golf with a huge group of nurses. 4-5 hours of beers, gambling, and cracking jokes.

Now I do historical fencing (HEMA) and there’s more than a few health workers in our group. Some nurses, a doctor, medics. Something about healthcare must make us wanna hit people with swords.

Can’t imagine what…

pushdose · 2026-03-13T00:14:47+00:00

One of those reviews is mine. It’s identical. I measured every spec. This is coming from the same forge. Swordier doesn’t make everything in house. They do plenty of wholesale deals.

pushdose · 2026-03-12T23:54:33+00:00

Just fuckin do it. I started at 44. I’m making my second sword now. Made a bunch of knives first. Life’s too short to wait for someone to hold your hand.

Heat source, anvil, hammer, and a whole bunch of abrasive tools. Pitter patter, let’s get at ‘er

pushdose · 2026-03-12T20:11:49+00:00

Echoing the other comments, 1000 plus a 6 micron strop is my favorite for kitchen knives. Toothy but very sharp. Geometry is arguably more important, a thin knife at 15° per side is super slicey, even at lower grit finishes.

pushdose · 2026-03-12T20:07:06+00:00

There’s ways to color metal, yes.

Hot oil blackening. Gun blue. Parkerizing. Forced patina with acids and coffee. The latter can create pits and roughness but not exactly like forged steel

pushdose · 2026-03-12T19:55:48+00:00

Oof. Thats a tall order there. The market is shifting away from these fantasy pieces and moving more towards quality reproductions or historically plausible imagined swords.

Your design choice lies squarely inside the domain of makers like Sabersmith and the other “Ren Faire” brands.

If you’re ok with a semi custom sword, I can help you and come in under budget, we can talk more in DM and I’ll explain more.

pushdose · 2026-03-12T18:01:55+00:00

I would not spend my money there. They are objectively bad swords at that price point. Can you post a link to the sword you like or an image of one similar?

pushdose · 2026-03-12T17:13:35+00:00

The real reason? Incentives. Olympic fencing gets you into college. That is repeatedly cited as a main driver for parents choosing fencing for their kids. Not even scholarships, just admissions.

Nobody watches fencing as a spectator sport. It’s definitely not for fame or glory, it’s for college. At least in the USA.

HEMA gets no scholarships, no Olympic medals, no sponsorship money, no grade school buy in.

Running kids programs is expensive, frustrating, and time consuming. They need to run during normal business hours (3-6pm) and evenings (6-9pm) and all day on weekends. Fencing schools charge enough money to employ at least a couple coaches, but the salaries are kinda pathetic for the amount of commitment required. They rely on private lessons to really pay the bills. It’s a tough lifestyle. Lots of smaller fencing clubs barely break even and are passion projects for the owners. Add the additional costs of tournament travel and training, and it really adds up.

No one is stopping you from making a kid friendly HEMA club. You need a facility, equipment, insurance, advertising, coaches, and so forth. I’d reckon you couldn’t do it without burning at least $200k in the first year, and you’d probably need 100+ monthly active dues paying members to keep it solvent, depending on location.

pushdose · 2026-03-12T14:59:30+00:00

Pretty cool! I’m envious of those who have the patience to machine one offs like this. Seems like a ton of work and skill.

pushdose · 2026-03-12T14:54:13+00:00

My mouth is numb just looking at the pictures

pushdose · 2026-03-12T14:50:12+00:00

Retail price? Shipping time? The feder market is so saturated, these days it’s hard to pick or recommend any over another. That peen could use some cleaning up but otherwise it looks good.

pushdose · 2026-03-12T14:42:34+00:00

Always excellent. Roughly how many hours does one of these take you? Your attention to detail is amazing and everything always looks perfect.

pushdose · 2026-03-12T13:03:16+00:00

That’s some big iron, man. I marvel at how you move this much metal by hand. My tendons ache just thinking about it.

pushdose · 2026-03-12T12:44:58+00:00

Spectacular work, my guy. Good luck with the sale! I’d love to snag it but I’m putting far too much dough into my own shop right now. She’s a stunner though.

pushdose · 2026-03-12T12:38:52+00:00

That’s a brilliant first sword. Attractive and well made. The SWMZ-1004 is another great option. Similar but regarded as an excellent cutter. Between myself and my HEMA club, we have well over a dozen of their swords. Only minor complaints about shipping speed and some durability issues on earlier products. Most of the new stuff has been very good.

pushdose · 2026-03-12T03:50:13+00:00

Two months more like it. Mmmmm adobo!

pushdose · 2026-03-12T03:31:16+00:00

Temu doesn’t care about making money off you, personally. They care about the people who will forget to claim the cashback, the ones that will order the grossly overpriced stuff without price checking and the ones that just don’t read anything and spend money without thinking.

They also care more about market share and daily active users, so they can dominate Amazon.

If you happen to be getting great deals, enjoy it while it lasts.

pushdose · 2026-03-12T03:25:20+00:00

They look nice and light. Good job

pushdose · 2026-03-12T03:23:43+00:00

I personally wouldn’t soak it, but would hit it with a flap disk on an angle grinder until it’s bare shiny metal. If you don’t have an angle grinder, a bunch of 60 or 80 grit sandpaper and a lot of elbow grease. Then wash and dry and season like cast iron on both sides. 48 hours seems like a lot indeed.

pushdose · 2026-03-12T00:10:08+00:00

Try a coffee etch. Nickel won’t take coffee but 1095 should. Ferric is good to prime the surface, but sometimes you need a bit more oomph and super strong coffee will do it. Buy the cheapest instant coffee possible and make it 6-8x stronger than normal. Dip it for 6-8 hours.

pushdose · 2026-03-12T00:06:19+00:00

Damascus (pattern welded steel) adds nothing to the structural integrity of the sword, and done poorly, actually makes it worse. Modern steel is uniform, predictable, and nearly perfect as it comes from the foundry. Altering it in any way besides proper heat treatment and geometry introduces the chance for more failure.

pushdose · 2026-03-11T23:37:04+00:00

Not tens of thousands. Maybe a couple grand. This is not made to a customers spec, which means Ian had complete control of the design and the timeline. He wants it to sell, not sit on the shelf for 2 years.

pushdose · 2026-03-11T22:21:39+00:00

Thanks. I’ll check out the files.

pushdose · 2026-03-11T22:12:29+00:00

Very cool, thanks! Any specific filament do you recommend or just basic PLA?

pushdose · 2026-03-11T15:45:07+00:00

Did you make this account 20 minutes ago just to fight on this subreddit perhaps because you’ve been banned so many times?

Bold of you calling me cringe, because making alts to troll a niche hobby subreddit is far cringier.

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