ekZepp@lemmy.world to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · edit-227 days agoSWORD RULElemmy.worldimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1619
arrow-up1619imageSWORD RULElemmy.worldekZepp@lemmy.world to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · edit-227 days agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squaretaiyang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·27 days agoHad a similar treatment for clay when fired a certain way, although I forget the details. Looks like an oil slick. I wonder if this is similar?
minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·27 days agoIt’s actually a super thin layer of oxidation, and thin film interference. Which is the same phenomenon as the colors in an oil slick. They’re called temper colors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempering_(metallurgy)
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agobut mummy i want a bismuth sword
minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·27 days agoBest I can do is a bismuth knife. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgdHZqSIO1M
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-227 days agoi’m only a minute in but this video is really fun. Sold! edit: why is he using a hacksaw and not a scroll saw edit: cow edit: oooo 1.476 sparklies edit: nooo my sparklies edit: WHO FORGES IN CROCS WHERE IS YOUR PPE edit: noooo all my sparklies why was i not waarned edit: oh okay those are cool
Had a similar treatment for clay when fired a certain way, although I forget the details. Looks like an oil slick. I wonder if this is similar?
It’s actually a super thin layer of oxidation, and thin film interference. Which is the same phenomenon as the colors in an oil slick. They’re called temper colors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempering_(metallurgy)
but mummy i want a bismuth sword
Best I can do is a bismuth knife.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgdHZqSIO1M
i’m only a minute in but this video is really fun. Sold!
edit: why is he using a hacksaw and not a scroll saw
edit: cow
edit: oooo 1.476 sparklies
edit: nooo my sparklies
edit: WHO FORGES IN CROCS WHERE IS YOUR PPE
edit: noooo all my sparklies why was i not waarned
edit: oh okay those are cool