Oh, you should. People really don’t mind paying for quality work.
But I shall now lay a curse upon you. The same curse that was laid upon me by an armourer when I first started selling pieces:
“You will never own your best work”
Oh, you should. People really don’t mind paying for quality work.
But I shall now lay a curse upon you. The same curse that was laid upon me by an armourer when I first started selling pieces:
“You will never own your best work”
Thanks for that Derek, and yes i know what the curse means
I don’t, can I get the explanation pls?
Is it something like “your house will be invaded by the hoards of geeks who will camp there and refuse to leave till you sell them all your best pieces”?
[quote=“Aiwe”][quote=“Wulfen (David)”]I don’t, can I get the explanation pls?
Is it something like “your house will be invaded by the hoards of geeks who will camp there and refuse to leave till you sell them all your best pieces”?[/quote][/quote]
Simply put, any artist (for want of a better term) who sell their art will never own their best pieces. Kind of like “the cobblers children have no shoes”
It is best explained in one of the forgotten kingdom books - Once in a dwarfs life time they will be inspired to make a masterpiece item. A weapon or suit of armor fit for a king or hero. Never will the item be used by its maker for they will have a vision where they gift the item to a particular warrior.
In the story the dwarf spends 3 months through winter working on a warhammer made from meteoric iron and other very rare components that were gifted to his family generations before. At the end he is exhausted and loses his ability to smith any more weapons because of the shame he would bring on himself as he can never again make such an impressive or well crafted item - it is a once in a lifetime achievement. He gifts the war hammer to a barbarian who proceeds to save the population of a vally full of villages from their darkest foe (including a dragon).
The warhammer is really awesome - it can return to the hand of its owner at a whim after being thrown at a target - you don’t even see it return it just re-appears in his hands and it smashes through any other non magical items it is brought against - shattering swords and shields as well as armor and bone
Brilliant book - Part of R. A. Salvatores forgotten kingdom books.
These rods are ideal for making weapons like this:
I’d be keen for a weapon workshop, even a short trip to Akl to participate would be nice! Or alternatively, a Weapon workshop in Wellington!?
Ditto.
BTW, Derek, how do you do the curved crossguard on that thing?
It’s really easy. I’ll go build one and post some pictures…
It’s two bits of camp mat…
I then just tidy up the edges on a belt sander.
Just inquiring… Do you have any fibreglass rods left? If so I would love to get one off of you.
yes I do
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