While he waited - not precisely a model of patience - for the Tidesage Sister Cordelia to contact him, Jon Chess had many things to do. Avoiding Stormwind because of the sickness which had resulted in a city-side quarantine, he went to Ironforge and purchased certain equipment from the merchants near the Great Forge - an annealing hammer, a selection of awls, a wooden mallet, awl depth guides, and several different sizes of screw clamps. In Boralus, he over-paid for the immediate delivery of a sturdy workbench to his rented apartment. He paid visits to his neighbors, warning them of some construction noise that would shortly begin and last for a few days, offering them small purses of gold in leather pouches marked with ShadowForge City Vault (Jon was a great believer in the use of Other People's Money to finance operations) to help diffuse their annoyance at the inconvenience.
He bought several large spools of pure silver wire in 10-gauge width from the jeweler Sam Colton in the Tradewinds Market.
"This needs to be pure silver, Master Colton. I am willing to pay a premium for your personal guarantee, and to pay a premium to ensure I get what I need," he had said, watching the merchant's gaze light up with avarice. "But be aware - lives will be lost if the silver is not pure. Should even one fatality because by any impurity of the wire, I promise I will not take you to court in the Admiralty courts; rather there will be at least one additional fatality."
"I assure you that the silver wire I sell is quite pure," Colton had reassured Jon, a sickly smile on his face.
Jon had taken away several spools of the wire.
When Kearnn, the House of Stewards Master Blacksmith, notified Jon that the bladesmithing work had been completed, Jon rented a pony and cart to collect them and remove them to his workshop. Jon took the finished blades and used the clamps to secure each blade in turn on the workbench. Setting his awl gauge, he carefully inscribed each blade with a 12-gauge width and depth in each blade in parallel with each other, between the edge of the blade Next, he laid the silver wire in each of the channels he had created and used the annealing hammer to pound the wire, which as slightly larger than the groove, into the blade. Most blades were built from steel with two different tempers; the core of the blade was a softer, but more flexible temper, and the edges were of a harder temper, better able to keep a sharp edge. The silver was close enough to the edge that only the most superficial of cuts would not have the silver also enter the wound made by the blade.
Finally, the blades were ready to receive the blessing of the Tidesages.
It was not much beyond half of an hour when Jon finished the silver inlay work when Sister Cordelia knocked on his rented apartment door.
He bought several large spools of pure silver wire in 10-gauge width from the jeweler Sam Colton in the Tradewinds Market.
"This needs to be pure silver, Master Colton. I am willing to pay a premium for your personal guarantee, and to pay a premium to ensure I get what I need," he had said, watching the merchant's gaze light up with avarice. "But be aware - lives will be lost if the silver is not pure. Should even one fatality because by any impurity of the wire, I promise I will not take you to court in the Admiralty courts; rather there will be at least one additional fatality."
"I assure you that the silver wire I sell is quite pure," Colton had reassured Jon, a sickly smile on his face.
Jon had taken away several spools of the wire.
When Kearnn, the House of Stewards Master Blacksmith, notified Jon that the bladesmithing work had been completed, Jon rented a pony and cart to collect them and remove them to his workshop. Jon took the finished blades and used the clamps to secure each blade in turn on the workbench. Setting his awl gauge, he carefully inscribed each blade with a 12-gauge width and depth in each blade in parallel with each other, between the edge of the blade Next, he laid the silver wire in each of the channels he had created and used the annealing hammer to pound the wire, which as slightly larger than the groove, into the blade. Most blades were built from steel with two different tempers; the core of the blade was a softer, but more flexible temper, and the edges were of a harder temper, better able to keep a sharp edge. The silver was close enough to the edge that only the most superficial of cuts would not have the silver also enter the wound made by the blade.
Finally, the blades were ready to receive the blessing of the Tidesages.
It was not much beyond half of an hour when Jon finished the silver inlay work when Sister Cordelia knocked on his rented apartment door.
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