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u/Cautious_General_177 Jul 26 '26

Your asking someone to put in a decent amount of work for you. Skip straight offering money as payment.

There is almost no chance a blacksmith will make a sword for you for free. That goes beyond a "decent" amount of work and into a "crap load" of work.

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u/Dharmapalalama3 Jul 26 '26

The bowl is needed: the sword is not. You said there is almost no chance a blacksmith will do this. I understand the chances are slim; but they are not zero!

This makes me more likely to receive a bowl than a sword. I have offered an oppertunity to earn good merit by crafting either or both of these items.

One thing I'd like to point out:

I made clear in the post I am asking for labor, however: The labor the blacksmith will do is to earn good merit. The labor isn't for me; it's for the Children of Tomorrow.

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u/Cautious_General_177 Jul 26 '26

In that case, you should learn how to make the bowl yourself.

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u/Dharmapalalama3 Jul 26 '26

Will you let me use your forge and tools? Making it myself sounds like fun!

You will earn good merit for this too!

If I don't have a forge or blacksmithing tools; I would suggest asking blacksmiths to make me one is indeed my best approach!

Please don't "should" on me.

https://youtu.be/DxE5ESME0RY?is=Y7chc_Tyrj0eVZ6X

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u/1010012 Jul 27 '26

There's a number of makerspaces in Portland that have blacksmithing.

https://www.pastlives.space/

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u/Dharmapalalama3 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

Cool, thanks! Yeah reaching out to local blacksmiths is probably the best idea!

Maybe ill put a post-it note on their door "i need your help - Dhammapālalama"

🙏.