Things That Are True

[Sonatine's hidden salami]

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Originally Posted by Bobby Wong

how did the axe turn out?

not good (unsurprisingly) but I have extended my hammer collection to include total

23oz vaughan california framer
2 16oz vaughan claw hammers
12oz ball peen
32oz ball peen
64 oz cross peen
76 oz straight peen (made this myself out of an 8lb splitting maul)
64 oz engineers hammer
40oz engineers hammer
16 oz rubber mallet

I might be missing something but yeah I'm happy with how my assortment is coming along.

I can't forge jack shit yet but I've gotten a lot more skilled by making knives out of hardened bolts and drill bits and my forearms are bigger and stronger now than when I weighed 250+ rofl.

would kill for a 40oz cross peen but they're hard to find (good steel obv) but i have more than enough tools to get something resembling an axe (eventually.)

curious is blacksmithing anything you have an interest in?

[Sonatine's hidden salami]

also I went shopping to get a good idea of what I want my handles to look like/the sizing etc so I went to three places harbor freight being my last stop and OH MY FUCKING GOD ARE THEIR HAND TOOLS ATROCIOUS. I couldn't find ONE SINGLE hammer of any kind with a properly wedged/seated head NOT ONE. after a few minutes I grabbed a 4lb crusher of some kind and the head literally wiggled around and I dropped it loudly on the ground in absolute disgust and like 3 guys who were shopping for hammers literally walked around right behind me it was awesome.

[Sonatine's hidden salami]

i am pretty sure harbor freight is now what people are using to subtlety tell a person "fuck you" without them knowing. like, if someone I know buys me any tools from there I would take that as an insult and go slash their tires that is literally how horrible harbor freight tools are.

[Sonatine's hidden salami]

I am leaving to go wander around for a couple hours calling to my baby until I feel empty enough to give up and putz around the garage all night making tools and passing the time like always. just literally loving life these days.

[Bobby Wong]

Pretty sure some of that isn't true.

[gay sex]

bro