That was a very cool walk through. No way would I have thought to use mustard for a pattern on a blade, though. Not that I would be interested in using acid, either, but at least that I've heard of. Must be something in the mustard that interacts with metal? Which also interacts with something in my stomach? Hmmmm. Do I have to rethink my love for mustard now?
I'm glad the set turned out. You didn't really say if the buyer was happy with the fork, too, but I would hope so, after all the effort.
Also, I'm sorry to hear that the knife sale you were trying to make on here didn't work out. Some day, though. Might take some maturing of the blockchain first, and probably some buyers, too. :)
By the way, I don't know why that happens. I've notice it a few times. Steemit has been been acting weird lately. Last week I think, or maybe the week before, it was turning photos upside or sideways when published. Edited photos worked like normal, though. So, who knows what the deal is.
The thing about simple carbon steel is that it's very active- it reacts to almost anything. And as you use it, it develops a patina that looks awesome. That's one of the reasons why so many chefs love them.
Aside from mustard, you can use horseradish, and I did once, the problem with it is that it's kindof lumpy so it's hard to get them clear lines.
I did forget the fork and Bob's reaction to it :) It wasn't as wild as to knife but that's to be expected because he's seen the knife already so he was expecting something similar. But he was thrilled.
Sale, well I wasn't really expecting much, but it was the first time I actually had a knife that was available so I was thinking why not. Got quite a number of positive reactions which is cool.
Yep, it is acting strange - I couldn't upload a picture at all the other day, it kept giving me some "object error". It's still in beta so a glitch or two is something to be expected.
Mustard and horseradish. Too condiments I really like. Okay, well, now I know. Carbon steel is active, mustard isn't lumpy like horseradish.
Well, good. I'm glad "Bob" was happy with the fork, too. They'll make great gifts for his father.
Steemit is in beta, but when it's a two year old beta in this day and age it wears a little thin. I think there's been work going on under the hood and they've been staving off or recovering from one attack after another, so one of those things is probably more of the culprit, I believe, than a hitch in the programming because it's in beta. But what do I know. I'm blogging, not coding. :)