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Number4

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Legendary Weaponsmith.
« on: May 30, 2011, 05:39:18 am »
Sorry, this isn't a thread about gold spears and adamantine maces, neither one about adamantine spears and gold warhammers. Neither did my smith die while collecting a sock. It's simply about the closest thing to a legendary weaponsmith we can imagine. You can't be much dwarfier then he is.

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There are no elves waving wands over my creations, just good, solid, and practiced techniques applied by my own hands.

http://www.jayfisher.com/index.html

Next time you consider atomsmashing a legendary cheesemaker, consider how much time and effort went into that "legendary" artisan.

Oh...and if any of you are wearing purple and have some money to burn, please consider ordering a knife from him, for I cannot. Call that knife "Urist", let it menace with spikes of blued metal, adorned with hanging rings of microcline and let him engrave it with images of: cow cheese; Urist, the legendary dagger; an elf being burned by magma and Jay Fisher creating Urist, the legendary dagger.

Fellow dwarves, that was something I thought I had to share - let comments or hammerings follow!
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Thanks for the suggestion, but Number4 is correct: [...] it would be easier and more predictable to just be a racist.

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Re: Legendary Weaponsmith.
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2011, 06:37:57 am »
Knife version of this
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Quote from: Guy Montag on April 16, 2009, 04:45:30 pm
Bro, your like... thinking like a square man... its like, the WHOLE lamprey is just like, one big NECK dude, you know? its like hahahaha! dude protect the trees though, seriously. *inhale*... anyways... you like, want this dead black bear, bro?

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Re: Legendary Weaponsmith.
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2011, 06:40:30 am »
Bloody hell... will you look at the details on this knife?
This is artifact level - way beyond masterwork!
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Naked dwarves remove the need to produce more clothing, which means more of your pig tails can be brewed into booze.
I think this is less a problem and more an expression of dwarven priorities.

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Re: Legendary Weaponsmith.
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2011, 07:31:14 am »
Yes indeed. That's why they're all named.
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Re: Legendary Weaponsmith.
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2011, 08:55:27 am »
I imagine this as being Masterwork quality gear.  With no-quality, you get a rod of iron with a handle.  Good gets you an edge.  Masterwork gets you a lifetime of training hammered into every curve of steel.

Also, you should post this over in the dwarven porn thread.
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« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2011, 09:18:14 am »
Quote from: Girlinhat on May 30, 2011, 08:55:27 am
I imagine this as being Masterwork quality gear.  With no-quality, you get a rod of iron with a handle.  Good gets you an edge.  Masterwork gets you a lifetime of training hammered into every curve of steel.

Also, you should post this over in the dwarven porn thread.
YES. HELL. FUCKING. YES.
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Re: Legendary Weaponsmith.
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2011, 09:28:58 am »
Quote from: kotekzot on May 30, 2011, 06:37:57 am
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Nonsense. Like comparing a no-quality wooden sword with a proper dwarven battleaxe.

Quote from: Girlinhat on May 30, 2011, 08:55:27 am
Also, you should post this over in the dwarven porn thread.

Will do...I wanted it here for maximum exposure, but The Internet is For Porn it seems - so I'll link few choice pieces there.


Edit: Found what is without a doubt an artifact, even considering his masterpieces. Picture in Porn thread.
« Last Edit: May 30, 2011, 09:38:36 am by Number4 »
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Thanks for the suggestion, but Number4 is correct: [...] it would be easier and more predictable to just be a racist.

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Re: Legendary Weaponsmith.
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2011, 10:35:36 am »
not dwarfy enough.
His a grinder, should forge his blades and minimal grinding.
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http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=113337.0 Who makes alcohol? do you? post here then.

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Re: Legendary Weaponsmith.
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2011, 11:18:38 am »
1. He's not a dwarf.

2. This is IRL, not DF.

3. Let's see you do that.
« Last Edit: May 30, 2011, 11:21:04 am by Sarda »
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You'll have to provide warm, moist kittens at the end of each test chamber.
Quote from: Necro910 on May 20, 2011, 04:20:57 pm
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Where 9% of your town is casualties, is good.

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Re: Legendary Weaponsmith.
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2011, 01:14:21 pm »
I was expecting the "grow a beard, knifes suck - forge a hammer instead, apply magma, meh - I could do better with a wet plump helmet then him"  etc. ;)
Though OUR weaponsmiths aren't maybe that different, they work from prepared bars of metal as well...
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Quote from: LemonFrosted on July 07, 2011, 11:20:19 am
Thanks for the suggestion, but Number4 is correct: [...] it would be easier and more predictable to just be a racist.

Quote from: RedWick on July 27, 2011, 05:32:20 am
Did somebody just rule 34 two veins of metal?

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Re: Legendary Weaponsmith.
« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2011, 01:24:53 pm »
Quote from: Number4 on May 30, 2011, 09:28:58 am
Quote from: kotekzot on May 30, 2011, 06:37:57 am
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Nonsense. Like comparing a no-quality wooden sword with a proper dwarven battleaxe.
Yessense. Dwarven gear may be richly decorated, but is utilitarian at the core. That sea god knife is pure bling. To put it in DF terms, it's a *<Large steel knife>*. He has made some nice tools, but that isn't one.
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Quote from: eataTREE on June 17, 2011, 10:45:24 am
Dwarf Fortress: Where violent death is a renewable resource
Quote from: Guy Montag on April 16, 2009, 04:45:30 pm
Bro, your like... thinking like a square man... its like, the WHOLE lamprey is just like, one big NECK dude, you know? its like hahahaha! dude protect the trees though, seriously. *inhale*... anyways... you like, want this dead black bear, bro?

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Re: Legendary Weaponsmith.
« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2011, 01:35:10 pm »
I figured that with a handel shape like that, it was better for intimidation or slashing. Since the wrist doesn't have to bend as much to get the pointy end oriented at whomever you want to cut.

I'll admit that I can't really see that being used in a combat situation where the user has any other choices at all.
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Re: Legendary Weaponsmith.
« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2011, 01:56:47 pm »
I'd have to group that particular knife in with golden artifact battleaxes. Awesome, but impractical.

That said, it's a 10.000$ display piece. You put it in a room and instantly bump it to legendary status ;)
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« Reply #13 on: May 30, 2011, 02:07:14 pm »
Personally, I'd get more aesthetic pleasure out of a masterwork steel sword than an artifact golden axe, because I think function comes before form, not the other way around. Well, I'm not going to argue taste. The extreme it has been taken to is quite notable, at least.
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Dwarf Fortress: Where violent death is a renewable resource
Quote from: Guy Montag on April 16, 2009, 04:45:30 pm
Bro, your like... thinking like a square man... its like, the WHOLE lamprey is just like, one big NECK dude, you know? its like hahahaha! dude protect the trees though, seriously. *inhale*... anyways... you like, want this dead black bear, bro?

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Re: Legendary Weaponsmith.
« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2011, 02:08:23 pm »
Well:
Blade: O1 high carbon tungsten-vanadium alloy tool steel, hardened and tempered to 59HRC
Blade Finish: mirror polished throughout, hot blued, caustic sodium salt process

Sounds like it still could carve you up pretty well. An artery has been severed! Still a display piece but no one should take it ever into combat.

Anyway, if anyone only commented because they saw only one picture of one single knife:
Some weapons...
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Quote from: LemonFrosted on July 07, 2011, 11:20:19 am
Thanks for the suggestion, but Number4 is correct: [...] it would be easier and more predictable to just be a racist.

Quote from: RedWick on July 27, 2011, 05:32:20 am
Did somebody just rule 34 two veins of metal?
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