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Crabwith A. Cigarette
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Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and cope!
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This is my old lady baby, Edie. She was born with the spirit of a grumpy old lady but she was my tiny sweet princess for 16 years until she passed this summer. She was my ride or die through my toughest years.
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Loki died on Svartalfheim.
Normal Rockwell’s “Freedom of Speech”
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Made this knife out of scrap garage door parts in exchange for an endless supply of scrap garage door parts.
#bladesmith #blacksmith
A small chef knife showing three different steel patterns stacked up. The edge looks like cobblestone, the middle like river rapids, the spine like clouds. A small chef knife showing three different steel patterns stacked up. The edge looks like cobblestone, the middle like river rapids, the spine like clouds. A small chef knife showing three different steel patterns stacked up. The edge looks like cobblestone, the middle like river rapids, the spine like clouds. A small chef knife showing three different steel patterns stacked up. The edge looks like cobblestone, the middle like river rapids, the spine like clouds.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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The “Zohran for New York” sign but it says, “Sauron for Mordor.”
November 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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They’re just SO.
FUCKING.
CUTE!
A short haired calico kitten have and a long haired grey/dilute calico adult cat grooming each other. A short haired calico kitten have and a long haired grey/dilute calico adult cat sitting at a window. The kitten is looking back over her shoulder at the camera. A short haired calico kitten have and a long haired grey/dilute calico adult cat lying on a pile of pillows and sheets. The adult cat has a far off stare while the kitten leans against his head. A short haired calico kitten have and a long haired grey/dilute calico adult cat lying on adjacent chairs. The adult cat stares at the kitten while she extends her paw into his face.
October 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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That’s neat and all, but I make my dab tools from hand forged Damascus.
October 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Forgot to post this one.

Tried several new things on this one. Modified nakiri in Damascus san mai with a core made from a new steel that the maker was having a contest for.
October 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Why does Ben folds look like he’s running for Congress?
A junk mail flyer advertising a Ben folds concert. Ben has a slight smile and the font makes it look like a campaign ad.
October 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Thanks!

Not necessarily, but I find that the level of detail increases difficulty and smaller things have smaller details. In terms of these two, the chef knife was definitely more difficult.
October 19, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Haha fuck yeah, garden friends!
A hand holding a praying mantis who is just chillin on that hand like it’s no big deal.
October 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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His name is Dinky
A crudely forged tomahawk stuck into a log with a small propane forge furnace in the background.
October 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Did I mention we got a kitten?
October 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Anyone know what kind of mushroom this is? Growing off of a log of box elder maple that was felled a few months ago, northern Illinois. #mycology
A nice little common looking cream colored mushroom cap next to a log. The same mushroom, but from below, as if you got shrunk down by a mad scientist. An attempt at a close up of the stalk where it’s coming from the log. Another shot from below, but this time the mushroom is slightly out of focus, as if it’s an enormous distant landscape feature.
October 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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These actually fuck super hard.
A can of Hot Ones branded Pringles.
September 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Oops! Got a kitten.
A man in a grey shirt with a small calico cat on his shoulder A small calico cat lying in a pile of blankets.
September 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Fixed the edge geometry so it’s a proper thrower now.
#blacksmith #bladesports
September 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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If anyone needs me, I’ll be making tiny axes.
A hand holding a tiny axe between the thumb and forefinger. Hammer marks are visible on the axe head, which is a little bit shorter than the wielder’s thumb.
September 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky.
An oil painting style rendering of Danny DeVito holding a green egg with the text “Paddy’s Pub” on it. The embedded caption on the image reads “Egg!”
September 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Nice
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September 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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These are gonna be nice
September 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Found the flowers to send when it finally happens.
A sign at the botanical garden identifying a plant as “Golden Shower”
September 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Good forge day.

#metalwork
September 14, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Accidentally made this cool elven-looking blade yesterday. Gonna clean it up and put a handle on today, and also make a couple of blades from that 100 layer ladder pattern Damascus. Watch for the livestream in about an hour!
September 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Thanks! Here’s some more
September 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM