Glass knit beads I made using a torch and rods of glass.

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Good lord y'all are talented as hell. I came here to share my quillwork and just started scrolling instead. Porcupine quills on elk:

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I made this porcupine quill knife sheath for a knife my partner made.

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My daughter is self-isolating in town while I'm at the farm (she's a grocery store employee so high risk of exposure). Really sucks not being able to feed her so I'm putting together a care package of sweets and bread today. This is one of the two Jaffa Cake cakes I made for her and I to 'share'.

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Not in a lab but I use chemistry nearly every day as a traditional craftsman. Using a copper sulfate and salt solution to etch a steel tomahawk.

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Pish posh!

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I made this heart prop for my daughter's Valentine's Haunt event. Styrofoam core, homemade poly clay, toothpicks, pipe cleaners, paint, and UV resin.

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Porcupine quill embroidery on elk sheath and plaited quill wrap on knife

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Rescued this from the trash a while back because it brought tears to my eyes

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I made a hatband of rawhide wrapped in dyed porcupine quills

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I would tinder if it were like this

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This is my daughter. She left for a 21 day ecology and conservation trek almost two weeks ago. This is the first time she's traveled alone and been gone this long. Finally got word from one of the program leaders that she's doing amazing and is the most upbeat and energetic member of the group.

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Porcupine quill embroidery on elk

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GUYS....proud momma blacksmith moment: My daughter just got accepted to teach historic blacksmithing at the Philmont Scout Ranch this summer in the backcountry! She'll be portraying the life and work of an 1800's frontier smith for scouts on treks. SO PROUD!

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Quill addict saying hello

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This little badass is my daughter who just did 21 days on the trail for roving conservation school. She finally got home last night at 2am and I am ecstatic to have her home. This is her after 21 days backpacking without a shower having just got off the trail and after, looking less feral. <3

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Some fucking amazing news amid all the bullshit lately: My daughter just got accepted to work at the Philmont Ranch for three months this summer in the backcountry of New Mexico...teaching historic blacksmithing. I HAVE RAISED AN ULTIMATE BADASS!!! So. Fucking. Proud.

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Need to selfishly vent: My partner and I had a big show next weekend we have been prepping for...for months. It's cancelled due to the virus. I understand why cancelling is a good idea but yeah, a little crestfallen right now. Here, have a photo of a small portion of what we would have been offering

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Got groceries yesterday. Full aisles of fruit, veggies, and baking supplies. Zero TP, chips, and soda. Whu....whut exactly are people thinking? I mean...how is having 400 rolls of TP going to help save you from a respiratory disease? AM I MISSING SOMETHING? Seriously, ELI5

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My favorite perfume: Eau d'Michigan Summer

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A damascus chef's knife I just finished. 1095/15n20 pattern-welded steel with 1095 core. Details and full gallery in comments.

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When I realize the same people using Christianity to defend all this pro-life shit are the same people who call for the destruction of Islam because of how women are treated.

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Working on a human heart prop for my daughter's Valentine's Haunt event. Homemade poly clay over styrofoam, toothpicks, and pipe cleaners. Getting the first few layers of paint on.

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Oh Boy! New forge business cards came! Just in time for all those events....oh wait.... :/

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WITB Arts and Crafts edition

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Drinking coffee, watching X-Files, and working on a new shield for a client. Design loosely based on Jelling style art.

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I gotta share this with you trolls: This little fluffball lost its mom and was wandering on the road. I'm keeping it safe, fed, and watered until I can get it to a vet tomorrow. I am calling him/her Crumbles for now because I feel bad saying 'him' since I idfk and 'it' sounds demeaning.

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Getting ready to make some pizza. Built this little oven this summer and so far it's been a doll <3

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Not saying I do....but...

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The most recent batch of shields is complete! Now to find a box big enough to ship them.

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Just finished this reproduction of an 18th century Spanish bilbo sword for a client. Deets in comments.

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Finished the duplicator! This is going to make life much easier. Made from scrap plywood, micarta feeler, and 1080 cutting bit hardened to about 63 rockwell. I think I'll add the handles I've seen on other similar designs.

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Thanks to your suggestions, my Norwegian lake shore Ikea house is done.

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I don't remember what I did when making this damascus....but I kinda love it. On to the handle!

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Looks like I'm a temporary mom now. This little dude lost his mom and was in the middle of the road crying.

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A reproduction Seneca treaty pipe hawk I finished recently. Mild tubing with 1080 bit. Brass and curly maple.

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My daughter (18) pulled me aside yesterday and asked me 'What's Bengay?' really nervous-like. I started to make a joke about conversion therapy creme and she stops me. 'Is it lube, mom?' and I give her my wtf face. 'It says anal...analge...' Me, now realizing and starting to cry laugh 'ANALGESIC'?

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After a couple boys found my long dirty nails more interesting than a knife I was working on, some of y'all suggested I use a very special finger for scale in my next photo. I instead did a special manicure.

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Help! OMG I woke up this morning and the ground is covered with this strange green stuff. WHAT IS IT?!? It's soft and I don't slip while walking on it. plz help

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You guys inspired me to make my own winter cabin...complete with basement gameroom.

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Hello! One of you fine folks asked that I share some of my process galleries and tutorials here. Links in comments.

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A damascus chef's knife I just finished. 1095/15n20 pattern-welded steel with 1095 core. Details and full gallery in comments.

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Porcupine quill knife sheath and bone-handled knife.

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Super awkward photo of seven knives just finished for groom and groomsmen. Got the final wax on and really didn't feel like hauling them all outside to photo. 1095, osage orange, brass, and forced patina.

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Update on the trade hawk. Forged and filed by hand. Next up etching and patina....then handle.

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My 'Black Cocoa Bundt with boring milk-based glaze because all the damn food hoarders bought the whipping cream don't they know you shouldn't drink that' cake

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A replica Bilbo sword I and my SO completed recently (more info in comments)

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I made this Two Branches Pendant of silver and jasper featuring granulation and natural textures

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Spent my Sunday refining a bunch of random stuff into one big mass of steel and slag using an Aristotle furnace. Process gallery in comments.

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Finally done with the stabilized, bleached, and blued oak saya and handle for this knife I made. As promised I will link an imgur process gallery in the comments.

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Ok, which one of you...

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Inspiration Folder Share: Rapier with a cut, pierced and engraved steel hilt in the form of chains, blued and inlaid with gold with a Spanish flamboyant blade, France, ca. 1600

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Zebrawood knife set I made a while back

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This craft is so damn addicting. I actually had a dream about turning a bowl last night. Just now I applied stains and dyes on the lathe and 5 year old me was all MAGIC!!! and 41 year old me was all maaaagic! I am going to turn every bit of wood I find.

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Putting together a mass purge of old stuff that's been laying around. Here's an ax the SO made while researching weapons from Gotland Sweden

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Fuck Yeah Friday

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Got the hub done and all 12 spoke holes drilled. Two tenons are a little loose but for my first go at a spinning wheel, I'm pretty chuffed. Osage orange and walnut spokes. Figured maple hub.

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A set of fancy sticks for use in my spinning wheel. Osage orange and walnut turned on a modified 40 Harbor Freight crapo-lathe. Duplication done with homemade duplicator.

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Got pissed off at store-bought bread knife, made my own

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A custom chef knife I just finished for a client: Core is 1095 sandwiched between 15n20 and wagon wheel tire wrought iron. Handle is salvaged old barn oak, micarta, and nickle silver. Both sides have a hammered hollow and the entire knife was made to match his dog's coloration.

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While my body is no longer a finely tuned machine, like many of my shop tools it is a refurbished, quirky, cantankerous, and possibly dangerous hunk of well worn parts. Like my tools, I've learned how to work around the fuckery in order to create some pretty awesome shit.

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New here. As a thanks for identifying the fishfly in my previous post, have a photo I took a while back of a giant ichneumon wasp preparing to lay its eggs in a cherry log.

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Saying hello! Maker here. My SO and I are bladesmiths and we completed this bilbo for a museum a while back. Can't wait to tap into what seems a wealth of knowledgeable people here!

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I'm always torn about whether or not to share my knives here since I love this community for the dirty jokes, sweet plastic wrap skills, and awesome people (not the broom-standing, tho). I'm giddy about my most recent creation and wanted to show off a little to people who know knives.

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New knife nearing handle stage: 1095/15n20 damascus with 1095 core

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Shields, you say? Our last batch of 'linden' (basswood in the US since we don't have linden) shields. Please ignore the TV show paint job. It was by customer request.

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On my cakeday I would like to share grumpy me who is unable to forge anything until I finish our new grinder/welding room since the smithy is full of insulation.

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Browsing the internet for recipe inspiration

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Made myself a little duplicator for my little lathe! Made from scrap plywood with a micarta feeler and a 1080 cutting bit hardened.

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My fiance f'd up the san mai on this knife but it heat treated perfectly so I rescued it from the shit pile, reground it, and tossed on a stabilized lilac burl handle. It has joined my collection. P.S.: first time doing vacuum stabilization!

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A type Y ax based on originals found in Ireland. Made in our forge.

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porcupine quill embroidery on leather by me

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Recently had my titties squished for science. Was pondering the word 'mammogram' and felt like it would be better suited to a telegram/greeting service where a person in a giant plush boob costume shows up at your door and sings 'happy birthday'.

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Finished the petty knife a few days ago. Close up of the maple, cherry, and zircote. More photos in comments.

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One entire year to make a shield. Progress gallery in comments

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I am, undoubtedly, a horrible person. I'm seeing a lot posts from people who are on self quarantine or work in places closed due to the virus...learning to bake, cook, and try new crafty hobbies. Kinda making me giddy because fuck yeah learning new shit.

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Just completed this for a client: a reproduction of an 18th century Spanish bilbo sword. More details in the comments.

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Had a pretty iffy year last year. So far this year has been great. I decided I deserved to 'treat yo self!' to some new bakeware. I've wanted this Nordic Ware pan for a long time and yeah, I'm prolly gonna sleep with it tonight.

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Viking Shields

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Finished another Spanish bilbo recently. Forgot to share here

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Better photo of one of the wedding knives

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Swamps tits, bog crotch, trench foot, and I can feel the viscosity of the air when I breath. Man...isn't summer great? So glad I live in the north :|

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*screech-singing loudly* It's the MOST beautiful TIIIME of the YEAR!

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WIP: homemade damascus knife update. Handle set and ready to be shaped. Flamey maple, cherry, and zircote. Zircote is probably in my top 5 of woods for beauty. It's like tree jasper.

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Breadknife: Hand-sanding final bevels, serrations partially placed

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As requested the really old gnarly high carbon sabatiers. The blades are made from high carbon steel which patinas over time unlike stainless steel. I prefer high carbon due to better edge retention. These are the best knives I've ever used. Please forgive the handles, those do need work.

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Banh Mi ala White Claw lady spritzers, gin, stroh's, and lord knows what else: I made the baguettes and everything else. Double dose of fish sauce because IT'S GOD NECTAR

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Ready for the etch bath. Bottom two photos show post-heat treat edge width before and after grinding. I leave a lot since the middle of the face has a hammered hollow that likes to do some weird stuff during heat treat. Bonus: special manicure for those concerned about a working lady's nails.

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A damascus chef's knife I just finished. 1095/15n20 pattern-welded steel with 1095 core. Details and full gallery in comments.

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I gave Dominique Ansel's Kouign Amann recipe a try tonight despite only having a small countertop convection oven to work with. They're mouth-gasmic. Recipe in comments.

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Alton Brown's fav knives (boner intensifies)

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Plains Indian (probably Alberta, Canada) posing with a Japanese sword. Link to full scholarly article in comments.

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I try not to share too many of the knives I make here but I'm in love with this one. I think I'll be doing many more D-handles. Everything made by me...more photos and details in comments.

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Homemade wheel progress pic! We have legs! Also working on the pitman which will be engraved brass.

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All done putting a new handle and tang on this original bowie knife.

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Holy shit I'm only 40 and I think I've started menopause

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Start of a wrapped claw hammer

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16th Century-Inspired Thames Knife. More details and reference to original in comments

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A damascus chef's knife I just finished. 1095/15n20 pattern-welded steel with 1095 core. Details and full gallery in comments.

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Rivet-making tool: some hunk of tool steel, angle iron, and old steel banding. You drill the block, cut it in half through the holes, put it back on the drill press in a vise, and re-drill to make the holes round again. Banding acts a spring to keep the tool in the leg vise.

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Good morning! Starting the 'I have no idea what I'm doing' spinning wheel. Going to make the drive wheel first: osage orange spokes in the works.

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Special Forces Spike Tomahawk. Forged and finished by hand in my forge.

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Thames Eating Knife and Sheath Done ('deets' in comments)

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Guys...omg....this shit is amazeballs. It doesn't leave your mouth feeling like the Fruit of the Loom dudes threw a bukake party in there, either.

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Spinning wheel project update: Need to clean up a couple tenons on the spokes but everything is coming together!

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Homemade wheel progress photo. Decided I want an American-style wheel. Thankfully I have no plans so no plans need to change.

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Woop! They came!

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A fancy chopper slicer stab stab my SO made

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Saw this burned tree pop up on my feed and it got me thinking about something I've always wondered but never gotten a good answer to: What is figure and more importantly how does grain affect figure? Straight-grained lumber specifically.

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Can't craft water candles...what am I doing wrong?

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Hello! I'm in need of some guidance: I'm a knifemaker and I'm working on a skinning knife for a neighbor who's older and kinda stuck at home right now due to current events. What is gonna be the best shape and bevel for the gut hook? Also would a hollow grind on the blade help or hinder function?

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FBF: my daily carry

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Breadknife WIP: During and After Etch

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Hey friends. Got a question for you: I'm a knifemaker and I sharpen all the knives for my local bar because I love the shit out of them. They have these Kitchen Essentials and while I can get a wicked edge on the carbon steel knives I make...I have yet to get what I consider a good edge on these.

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First time setting up a dado. Have questions in comments. Thankies!

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I was going to submit this to the contest, but something just isn't right...

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Aaaand I'm done. Sent the SO out for plug and receptacle...this is what the hardware gave him

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For my next trick: take a piece of iron/steel from each lodge in a state and turn it into a ceremonial sword

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We're getting heat indices of 105+ this weekend here. Y'all motherfuckers better be hydrating

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I think the one on the right might be a tektite? Help, oh people of the rocks. I found it in what is the Lake Erie and/or Saginaw Bay impact crater area.

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Just want to show off my daughter and I's Christmas present. My friend (Ilya Kubus, aka Kubus Rubus) took a small meteor, split it, and is making matching rings from the one stone. We're both space geeks, so these are something very special for us. He just has to finish the prongs and polish it.

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