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[–] EdibleFriend 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

lol dude cant make a straight sword to save his life no wonder he can't afford the front wall of his house.

[–] _lilith 6 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The picture was coloured in, and the skin details were removed in the process.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. I figured as much. I was just being cheeky

[–] Anticorp 1 points 8 months ago

Instagram filters, circa 1905

[–] Malkor 4 points 8 months ago

Looks more like a Scabbard-Smith. 🤣

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I don't see any indication of a forge. Looks like he is mostly cleaning, straightening, and sharpening based on the tools. But I am only the most amateur of metal workers and could be wrong.

[–] 100_percent_a_bot 4 points 8 months ago

I'm making a wild guess and assume there's a forge in the back of the house. Would kind of make sense, I wouldn't want to sit next to a fire polishing a blade given the choice to sit semi outside

[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Did you want the full over head blueprint of the location to know the picture isn't fake?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Please build a giant telescope, and then point it at a black hole about 60ly away, so the light from earth is bent back towards us. Then we can observe this photo being taken in real time. Well, I haven't done the math on the aperture required, but I'm presuming solar system scale telescope will work... Thx

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Somehow I doubt that'll satisfy you.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I don't know why, but there's something cool about seeing swords and guns together, especially in a setting like this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Uhhh you realize there are muskets hanging on the wall, right? I think its fair to say they don't just make swords :)

[–] Anticorp 1 points 8 months ago

Is that an ivory sheath on his left?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

For some reason this reminds me of Pakistani gunsmiths. Similarly sized shops, also sitting on floors, no doors etc.