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What're you up to this weekend?

cstanton

I'm going to tinker with different soundcards I have, USB and PCI to see which is better at storing and playing audio from old vinyl records that I have.

What do/don't you have planned?

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  • Attending an artisan Japanese sword making craftsman somewhere near Tokyo.  Probably not quite the intention of the original question, but there you go!

  • in reply to Jan Cumps

    Probably not, he was a nice chap.  Been making swords for 45 years now; it was absolutely fascinating.  He collects his own rocks to grind out the iron sand, then turns that into clumps of rough metal which he then chips off bits to heat up to turn into an ever expanding block, which he is able to fold over itself.  Really skilled stuff. Legally, he can only make 2 a month so he supplements with knives and other edged implements like branch cutters.  Sharp doesn’t cover it!

    And yes, hand tools works!  He made something akin to the cutlass in the link but more cleaver-like:  made mincemeat out of a wooden block.  He gifted my wife and I a knife each which I think I’ll treasure rather than use.  Amazing bloke.

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  • in reply to Jan Cumps

    Probably not, he was a nice chap.  Been making swords for 45 years now; it was absolutely fascinating.  He collects his own rocks to grind out the iron sand, then turns that into clumps of rough metal which he then chips off bits to heat up to turn into an ever expanding block, which he is able to fold over itself.  Really skilled stuff. Legally, he can only make 2 a month so he supplements with knives and other edged implements like branch cutters.  Sharp doesn’t cover it!

    And yes, hand tools works!  He made something akin to the cutlass in the link but more cleaver-like:  made mincemeat out of a wooden block.  He gifted my wife and I a knife each which I think I’ll treasure rather than use.  Amazing bloke.

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