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All thanks and respect to Mr. Heath Hysell of South Dakota. Nice working with you Heath, and I have to say this is the best barter so far I've ever been lucky enough to find. Mr. Hysell did my Business logo in leather, and my SCA heraldry for my Motorcycle and I say we are even Steven. Thanks again Heath.

Robert

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,..."I love the sword. The balance is amazing and the weight makes lt feel like and extension of my arm. My wife even loves it. No, no, there is no problem here. Really it is a piece of art. I don't see any imperfections. All I see is a truly awesome blade. Even the fit of handle is perfect. It just feels right. I am very impressed. I love it. Really, you deserve a great big pat on the back. Probably even a hug. I can't say enough about. But I better or I will sound like a bumbling idiot.

Best Regards,
~Heath
P.S. You did one heck of a packing job.


I'm so proud to have done a blade for Mr. Hysell. (I will have him post professional pic's of him with his new blade shortly. You can see some pic's of said blade on my page in mid production. I was in such a rush to get it to him, on time, I didn't get any pic's of it finished. Hopefully he can help me out in this regards?


Robert

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See it here. For Paperback 6 x 9, and electronic format's.

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Lok the Hammer, The Maqq'Kracken King's Book II will be available as soon as the L.O.C. number comes in. Only in PB at this time.

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]]> *OenghusLok47 http://OenghusLok47.deviantart.com/journal/24168683/ http://OenghusLok47.deviantart.com/journal/24168683/ Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:44:08 PDT Early on, when young and stupid, one of my books got ripped off. Since then I've heard direct quotes, and ideas pop up in TV, Movies, and even other comic's that I had had great love for. Lesson? No copywrite, no rights. So I learned my lessons, and even though many of my concepts were/are booed by the lack of PC mentality of modern Academia, ...I pushed on.
So, finally the first two; The Maqq'Kracken Kings, and "Lok the Hammer" will be available via Author House, in May of '09. I'm finishing up the art work, (10 black and whites per book plus covers.) Later on, once I make some coin off them I want the next printing covers done by one of my fav' DA artists.
I also will post excerpts and make the books available on my personal web site later on. The problem for now, is due to revamping my Blacksmithing, Swordsmithing business; Hammer Forge and File, Inc. last August, I had to temporarily take the site down, redo everything in my inventory, ..(yes the "economay kicked my ass so hard, I had to say 'ah" to shine my shoes) so we will be rebuilding the site from the ground up starting also in May.
I will be having help from my good friend George Keller with my inks, (as I'm a Windsor-Smith clone) and some inspiration and input from My wife, Dr. Mellisa R. Shyan-Norwalt, and Mr. Robert Coleman, fellow Ex-Military, Mason, Scholar on many fronts, and Living History enthusiast extraordinary.

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Continuing the Damascus steel classes for Earlham College Saturday and Sunday. Should have 8-12 students. It was a blast last year. Nathan Jones, is the Metals Prof' their and we hit it off great a few years back. So at least once a symester we do this gig for a weekend. It's fun.

I don't mind taking an ass whippin' now and again, but I do mind not fighting it out. ]]> *OenghusLok47 http://OenghusLok47.deviantart.com/journal/21450576/ http://OenghusLok47.deviantart.com/journal/21450576/ Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:05:51 PST
Last July 8th I was forced to re'eval the whole iron sceen. I got out of middle age reenacting, and all that goes with. I've spent the last four months retooling, designing products, and refitting machinery. So I"m proud to say Hammer Forge and File, inc is back at it.

We are now into prototyping, non period utilitarian iron work, ornamental garden gates, entrance way fence, motorcycle tanks, handlebars, and other parts in damascus steel and mokome gane.

I don't mind taking an ass whippin' now and again, but I do mind not fighting it out. ]]> *OenghusLok47 http://OenghusLok47.deviantart.com/journal/20618498/ http://OenghusLok47.deviantart.com/journal/20618498/ Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:06:19 PDT
Well. Lets' see? Things change. Life goes on. If you don't roll with the punches you get knocked out! I came to a crossroads in life in August of '08 that once again sent me down a new and untried road. I had been up to my eyeballs in the SCA, Wuffingas, Living History, Rennaisance, and Reenacting of all sorts for about 16 years. The longer I was in it, the less I liked it. Many times I thought it a waste of time, energy and money, and wanted to quit. But I had a lot of investment and interest in the genre, (read history freak) and lot's of dear friends. But finally, after recruiting for three years to start an actual Sports Team Judged bouts mindset, I realized that the gap between Living History, and Modern Sport cannot be breeched. At least not by me! I came to a new place, decission and canned the whole thing. No more swords, period specific work, or damascus blades, unless for my pure pleasure. No more LARP of ANY king, and no more trying to be in a place where I wasn't welcome. No more arms or armour for commercial sale. I'm now back into ornamental iron, modern motorcycle parts, (tanks-fenders-handle bars, fabrications for "bling" over chrome or leather, etc) and banjo parts and pieces in pattern-welded-steels. I'm also heading down the acedemic and fantasy sculpture genre, & hen it suits ME, Estate fencing. I've even taken on some prototype work for air-craft, (cowlings) for simple fabrications, and R&D. So I say good bye to all those who knew me, first in the SCA and other groups. What little I did to teach a few the in's and out's of larger blade manufacture I hope will carry on.

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Robert

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