Articles on knifemaking, jewelry and metal art, and the occasional side project — including how AI actually fits into a working life.https://wahmaster.com/en-ushttps://wahmaster.com/articles/carving-nothing/https://wahmaster.com/articles/carving-nothing/I set out to make a pendant of the empty tomb and spent two days working very hard to produce a hole. Almost nothing went to plan, and there was only ever enough silver for one attempt.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTjewelryjewelrysilversmithingdiyhttps://wahmaster.com/articles/how-i-use-claude/https://wahmaster.com/articles/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.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTaiclaudeworkflowhttps://wahmaster.com/articles/how-i-use-obsidian-with-claude/https://wahmaster.com/articles/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.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTaiobsidianclaudenote-takinghttps://wahmaster.com/articles/weekend-jaunt-into-chainmail/https://wahmaster.com/articles/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.Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTjewelrychainmailmetalworkhand toolshttps://wahmaster.com/articles/theres-something-about-steel/https://wahmaster.com/articles/theres-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.Fri, 08 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMTknifemakingknifemakingsteeldiyhttps://wahmaster.com/articles/design-goal/https://wahmaster.com/articles/design-goal/Why I want to make knives that are excellent first, comfortable second, and beautiful third — and never too pretty to actually use.Tue, 05 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMTknifemakingknifemakingdiydesign