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Warning: My forge demo at the county fair took a weird turn
I was doing a live blacksmithing demo at our local heritage festival last weekend. This guy in the crowd kept asking if I could make a sword for his cat, which was just bizarre. I tried to keep a straight face and explain the basics of forging, but it threw off my whole rhythm. Has anyone else had weird requests from spectators during public events?
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victoradams6mo ago
Man, that takes the cake. At a craft fair once, someone seriously asked if I could forge a full set of plate armor for their dachshund. I stared at them for a full minute trying to figure out if it was a joke. Stuff like what @spencerross mentioned just short circuits your brain mid-demo. I totally get how it wrecks your focus. I think my brain blue-screened just picturing the measurements for that little dog. You just have to nod and hope they wander off before you burn something.
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spencerross6mo ago
Last year at the Springville arts festival, a woman asked me during my wheel-throwing demo if I could make a tiny functional teapot for her hamster. She had very specific demands about the spout size. I was so thrown I nearly ruined the bowl I was centering. People just see you making something and their brains go to the strangest places.
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