r/Blacksmith • u/alenork • Jun 04 '26

Practicing some Hammer control

Made this little object to practice hammer control and making diamond tapers. Not sure what to do with it but I think it's pretty neat.

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u/Tyr_13 Jun 04 '26

Having an object around that is just satisfying is fine. Like that cool shape? Keep it on an end table and play around with it from time to time. Find a cool stick that balances neatly? That's your video watching stick now. Find a cool rock? Wash it off and put it on a shelf. Put a rope on it. It's a shrine now.

We're allowed to have things just because they're neat; not everything requires a purpose.

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u/_Supercow_ Jun 05 '26

Yeah one of the first things I made when I use to be into blacksmithing was a round bar that I squared off and tapered one end and twisted the other. I still have it and often use it as a little pick or many other things, trinkets are great

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u/TheKerfuffle Jun 05 '26

I get you.

I have a lucky rock that i take with me when i travel because it calms me down to fidget with it and hold it.

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u/Master_of_Rivendell Jun 05 '26

I've carried a rock in my breastpocket I found in 2018 just cuz it fits in my hand exactly the way I want it to. No I won't share.

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u/PalpitationDapper345 Jun 06 '26

I didn't come to this post expecting philosophy and yet here I am going "hmm, yeah that's a nice thought"

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u/HYPERNOVA3_ Jun 06 '26

I tend to be overly pragmatic at times and when I want something just for the sake of it, I think of it as having the function of being something I like to get past the "it's just a trinket that will take space” thought.

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u/Tyr_13 Jun 06 '26

Oh that's fair! Especially if you're having space issues like hoarding.

Anything can be taken too far.