Re: Starting to Assemble a Dwarven Toolkit
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 11:49 pm
I'm loving this, Iodo. Great detail-working.
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I know what you mean, to be honest, I think it's might be the blue powder coat that does it , I guess I'll go for the continuous improvements method here, and probably change it for something else in the futureUdwin wrote:The idea of a dwarf tool roll is very exciting! While I understand the appeal of being a jack-of-all-trades, I kindof want you to pick one trade just to see how nitty-gritty your toolkit could get. (I agree that toymaker would be fascinating)
Even knowing the crafting skill of dwarves, looking at that hammer handle, I have a hard time seeing it as anything but modern. Maybe its the lack of patina, but the fine polish and lack of any turning imperfections could do with 'improving' to my eye ; )
A natural wooden handle, split along growth rings and spokeshaved to shape (instead of turned) would look incredible. Or maybe you could find a local turner with a springpole lathe who could turn you a new handle to decorate?
Your kit is so great already, it deserves a handmade hammer!
Thank youGreg wrote:I'm loving this, Iodo. Great detail-working.
There's plenty of this over here to, problem is, to my eye anyway, it looks too old to be Iodo's stuff, I can imagine that she would have a few old tools past down through her family but most of that would still be with her parents in the Iron Hills, still, I'm still thinking this through - ongoing projectElleth wrote: There's not so many relics you trip over them, but they're common enough a bit of calling around turns them up fairly easily. Is it the situation the same there? (We lost a lot of our old treasures to WWII metal drives, so I could imagine over there you guys got even more stripped clean?)
Sound's like a good idea, added to the list, thanksBrianGrubbs wrote:I love this! Not sure if anyone has brought it up before, but one thing you could consider adding is a stump anvil (like this https://www.oldworldanvils.com/stump-anvil-set) for metal working. Since you drive the spike into a tree before working, it is actually a rather solid work surface. I have one somewhere that I reground from a wood splitting wedge...but I can't seem to put my hands on a picture of it! Either way, I've done some decent forging on it, and since splitting wedges are common, you shouldn't have any trouble getting your hands on one to modify! Just some thoughts from a one time/some times smith, lol.
Brian
Thank you I wondered if you'd recognize it from the Daegrad booksElleth wrote:That's awesome! I love the ferule you made!
maybe I'll burn or carve "Iodo" into it since I've never known any crafts person who doesn't name tools, I wasn't planning to do anything else since it's quite a basic item, although I do need to make more of them and I was thinking a similar but shorter version for a leather awl as wellElleth wrote:... will you be decorating the handle with knotwork or something? Or leaving as is?
Thanks so muchRingulf wrote:Great project Iodo! I really like what you have gathered.
Ringulf wrote:When I committed to Ringulf's backstory as an itinerant craftsman wandering in the Shire, planted by the Rangers to watch from within, I had to ask and answer many of these questions. I too had built a "tool kit" and had gone as far as thinking of a proper conveyance and crafting route. For this I started with a large framed pack but as I developed the kit a pushcart was needed and then finally a pony-drawn wagon.
I guess that you mean things like wood carving chisels that can also be used on leather, nice ideaRingulf wrote:My own abilities working with wood, leather and metal as well as the more artistic carving of wood, antler, horn and bone, made me select a larger number of tools, but many have multiple purposes between these disciplines, so a good number of them belong to several kits and help me cut down on a little weight.
I'm not a gamer but I can't say I'm not guilty of looking at screenshots from games for ideasRingulf wrote:And then there is the dreaded Third or fourth level sources like...dare I say it?...games!