TempestCraft

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Just posted a photo @ Topkapi Palace -Istanbul, Turkey instagram.com/p/CIgNhDrD-r3/…

@WOTonPrime I have never replied to a tweet ever and I am using my first tweet, as a fan and professional bladesmith, to say this is some weeb bullshit.

Crafting the blade. #WOTonPrime

Just posted a photo @ Topkapı Sarayı instagram.com/p/CIAjs_yjxNq/…

Just posted a photo @ Istanbul, Turkey instagram.com/p/CH7ZeVoD4q6/…

Just posted a photo @ Taksim, Istanbul, Turkey instagram.com/p/CH16Cwwjcpm/…

Just posted a photo @ Istanbul, Turkey instagram.com/p/CHsUw4cD4Ls/…

Just posted a photo @ Istanbul, Turkey instagram.com/p/CG2cfzPDDkU/…

I miss my kitties even when Arya accidently eats my finger! These silly dumb shits can't come with us just yet, but soon! #cats #kedi #catsofinstagram @ Istanbul, Turkey instagram.com/p/CGcV2z6jkKO/…

Got 3 pieces into Knives 2021, here's to hoping actual 2021 just gives us all a do-over. #knives #blade #blademag #knives2021 #patternwelded #damascussteel #damascus #dagger #sword #bladesmith #blacksmith #knife instagram.com/p/CGD2NjADrCG/…

#tbt to this incredible jewelry museum in Germany I cannot remember the name of somewhere near Stuttgart that we got to visit just as the #covid shit hit the fan. instagram.com/p/CFh9UKODnWH/…

Congrats to my sister @cupsofdatrosaay and her new husband @ohthatsnasty on their wedding this weekend, which survived as many different plan changes as one could imagine in these times, but they figured it out and… instagram.com/p/CESYvqEjzTZ/…

Congrats to my sister @cupsofdatrosaay and her new husband @ohthatsnasty on their wedding this weekend, which survived as many different plan changes as one could imagine in these times, but they figured it out and… instagram.com/p/CERksksjsBy/…

The last new things from me for a bit, some presents that are long over due, thanks yous, ect. Interestingly made from some of the last billets I assembled and some wood I think I bought 10 years ago when I was just… instagram.com/p/CC7SYi1DSXJ/…

Some detail shots from my MFA show, titled "Bound by Iron" If you go to my website you can read my short statement about the work and see more shorts of the work, I will post more of then over the next few days… instagram.com/p/CC4KXh2jF8O/…

Yesterday taimakrayem and I both successfully defended our Master's Thesis, pics to come in the next few days! . . . #mfa #masters #mastersdegree #covid #covidgraduation #getitdone #siu instagram.com/p/CCoCitfjacT/…

Finally back in the forge, 2ish days of work, these have only been profiled, I generally harden there because I am lazy and I don't like grinding twice, haha. I've been told most ceramic belts cut better and longer… instagram.com/p/CCKTn_vjkqh/…

Pretty good book (in my opinion) with a brief history of iron production and history of Crucible steel and pattern welding and their relationship to Damascus steel as well as modern research, examples, micrographs,… instagram.com/p/CB_CAnRjVFO/…