Wahmaster
Making things, and writing about how they came out.
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How I Use Claude
Not a list of features — an account of how much I've actually handed over, in what order, and where it has gone wrong.
Recent writing
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How I Use Obsidian with Claude
Six weeks of running a personal knowledge vault with an AI librarian — what I built, what I threw away, and what actually stuck.
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My Weekend Jaunt into Chainmail
Winding my own rings, learning European 4-in-1, and finding out exactly how tedious a 1.5-inch swatch of mail really is.
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There's Something About Steel
The four AISI families in plain terms — and the questions about cost, environment, and heat treat that narrow a dizzying catalog down to a single bar of steel.
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Design Goal
Why I want to make knives that are excellent first, comfortable second, and beautiful third — and never too pretty to actually use.
Topics
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Knifemaking
Steel, heat, and the long argument between an idea and an edge.
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Jewelry & Art
Smaller work in metal — pendants, chainmail, and pieces made to be worn.
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AI & Side Projects
What I am actually building with these tools, and where they fall short.
Apps
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Bench — Jewelry Calculators
The calculators I actually reach for at the bench, in one page that works with no signal.