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fandomhigh2023-07-31 05:09 am
special_rabbit) wrote in fandomhigh2023-07-31 05:09 am
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Blacksmithing!; Monday, Second Period [07/31].
"Welcome back, everyone," said Amaya, with a nod of greeting to the class as usual, with a gesture toward the work table in front of her, where a series of pieces were laid out. "What I've got here to show you today are a few things that have used as technique called collaring, or sometimes joining, which is a method of joining two pieces of metal together by essentially wrapping another piece of metal around them. It created a pretty dynamic look, and it's often used for decorative hilts, fences, portcullises, sigils, and other things that want to add a little bit of fanciness and dimension. More importantly, it's a whole lot of fun to do, although it does take time, effort, and a good amount of tools, so let's not waste too much time with the intro and just get right into learning how to do it."
And so, the demonstration and explanation on how to perform the technique in question followed, with plenty of detail as Amaya worked through it, and then held up the results to show it off and pass it around for closer inspection.
"Now," she said, "these pieces," gesturing towards the ones waiting on the table, "are already pretty much ready for collaring, but if you wanted to get really involved in it, I've got a few that, if you want to incorporate the skills we learned last week with the guillotines, you can create your own notches for collaring before you get to it, but that's up to you. From here on in, it's just getting a feel for the techniques and seeing what you can come up with, so, unless there's any further questions, we can get to work."
And so, the demonstration and explanation on how to perform the technique in question followed, with plenty of detail as Amaya worked through it, and then held up the results to show it off and pass it around for closer inspection.
"Now," she said, "these pieces," gesturing towards the ones waiting on the table, "are already pretty much ready for collaring, but if you wanted to get really involved in it, I've got a few that, if you want to incorporate the skills we learned last week with the guillotines, you can create your own notches for collaring before you get to it, but that's up to you. From here on in, it's just getting a feel for the techniques and seeing what you can come up with, so, unless there's any further questions, we can get to work."