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Upcoming Interviews and Beowulf (Patreon)

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2023-07-15 20:14:10
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I have a few interviews, and the next installment of Simon Roper's and my readings of Beowulf, coming up for you in the last half of July. All times are U.S. Mountain time; to get your local time, go to timeanddate.com and use Denver for my time.

· Sunday, July 23rd, 10:00 a.m. U.S. Mountain time
Interview with Patreon supporter Blake Winter about Norse swords
Zoom link here(https://zoom.us/j/94611659886?pwd=bWtqc2VZaXBlV29ONmZqaVBZMG52dz09)
Passcode 433489

· Monday, July 24th, 10:00 a.m. U.S. Mountain time
Simon Roper and Jackson Crawford Read Beowulf: Fits 12-15
Zoom link here(https://zoom.us/j/98006216889?pwd=aTFwdjBIR1duOGU5Ynh6Z3QvbWtXZz09)
Passcode 512744

· Wednesday, July 26th, 10:00 a.m. U.S. Mountain time
Interview with Andrew and Brenna Byrd on constructing conlangs
Zoom link here (https://zoom.us/j/96924613192?pwd=eFBmV2FFcXdyQ1lKLzJtOUVEbEVSUT09)
Passcode 751608

In addition, I think I'll have one more interview to announce for you soon, either at the end of that last week of July or early in August. Stay tuned! 

All the best for now,

Jackson Crawford

P.S. Your Patreon messages often don't reach me, and vice versa for my replies to you. I don't get notifications for them, and there's nothing on my home page to show me when there is or isn't a message. I can't even always see them when I check for them manually, and you won't see it if I reply! The best ways to get in touch are: a) just to comment on posts like this, b) to post in the  Community page, or c) to email Stella at [admin AT JacksonWCrawford.com]--remember the 'W' between my first and last names in that domain name.

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Anonymous

I'm going to be working during the week. I'm going to miss Simon!!!!!!!!! 😢

Anonymous

Ooh i think at least two of these will be great timing for me. Blake: do you know of any ridiculously nerdy resources on what specifically makes steel good or bad for swords? Like, the stuff your swordsmith didn't bother to read because it's too theoretical is probably perfect. (For my metallurgist boyfriend, i'm not going to understand any of it)

Anonymous
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Your swordsmith should read all this stuff, but the best resource I can give for him is https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/iss/ Now, chemistry isn't my thing, and Kjetil might want more details than that website gives, but it is a good start. In short, you want just the right amount of carbon, around 0.8-1% usually. But then you have to heat it up so that the crystal structure changes from bcc to fcc (or possibly fcc to bcc, I forget which direction it goes), which lets the carbon get into the spaces between the iron atoms. Then you have to cool it so rapidly that one of two things happens: you get carbon atoms 'stuck' as the iron crystalline lattice transitions back to its low temperature state, and form really hard Martensite, or you get molecules of iron carbide which also harden the steel. The result is too brittle for a good sword usually, so you then have to carefully heat it up but not too much, just enough to let some of the tension out of the blade, which is called 'tempering.' If you do this too much, you soften the steel (which is why it's important not to let hardened steel get too hot). So it's not just about the chemical composition, it's about the molecular configuration, which is controlled by heating, banging, and cooling. Also, if your source for iron isn't very pure, you want to fold the iron repeatedly to homogenize it. Finally, if you want to be really fancy, you can take multiple types of iron/steel and fold them together to create pretty patterns (pattern welding).