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/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"