hey friends uh adam savage here in my cave with a show and tell i haven't done a show until in
a while or it doesn't feel like i've done one in a while um today's show and tell is a gift
from an etsy seller who goes by a store named the pocket forge and they sent me this
beautiful box and i have not yet looked inside although i've been told it's exciting what is in
here so here we go uh first of all i appreciate this um this dull sorry not dull it's like a um
it's like a muted bronze foil stamp excuse me
uh anyway uh i really appreciate this muted bronze oil stamp it's nice it's uh lovely i
yeah nice i like nice packaging okay oh there's a sword and a scroll i think whenever there's a
sword and a scroll you've got to open the scroll first put the sword let's put the sword here uh
and let's open the scroll it's tied with a piece of genuine leather rich corinthian leather um
adam happy birthday
it's a little early but yeah my birthday is in july uh as a maker who has been lifted up by your
advice and knowledge i felt that supporting a fellow maker i've been following would be
a good way to give back what you've given to me maker ben wong who has the etsy store the
pocket forge has completed a commission for me that i feel you will enjoy oh wow
i hope the enclosed gift is appropriate and will find a place in your collection regards bill burns
so bill burns commissioned the pocket forge this isn't a gift from the pocket forge it is a gift
via the pocket forge that's very exciting um and we've got this so this lovely sword with a
scabbard and uh it's being held in by some thread oh my god look at this really nice this is like
a lovely bit of packaging holding it centered in there um i'm gonna cut it out there we go
oh oh oh wow that was a little hard to pull out but
oh wow
it's i'm i'm moved uh it is a exact replica of excalibur
except it is um seven seven inches long just this tiny little slip of a thing
this is amazing this is truly amazing um
i'll tell you what i love about this i love that i can see that it was handmade
there's this funny thing that when you're when you're doing a craft
uh like sword grinding and you work really hard to try and not have any witness marks of the making
but as an as an imperfect human they still arrive they're still there and the thing is
is those witness marks of construction are on all historical swords none of them are perfect in any
way shape or form and if you look down the line of like even some of the premier pieces
from the wallace collection or the or the tower of london you'll see the slight vagaries of the
you know what happens when soft human bodies are making things it's just it's an imperfect process
and there is a um there is a letter opener of excalibur that's been available i think
tiffany sells it within a little rock right and like it's been available forever i've never been
interested in that letter opener because it's too perfect it's it's like it just doesn't move me
but this this this is so pretty um he's even got the checkering on either side of the pommel
the the checkering here let's see if you can see it yeah look at that i'll get some i'll
get some close-ups b-rolls of this bill burns look at that with a scabbard and everything oh
that is a beautiful piece bill and uh pocket forage i am moved and i am super grateful i
this is a delightful piece and absolutely i am honored to add it to my collection and i thank
you for your generous gift and beautiful letter wow yeah what a lovely day today is how great
oh thank you everybody for watching this show and tell and um yeah links to the pocketforge or in
the comments below and i will see you guys next time thank you guys for watching that video if
you'd like to further support us at tested you can do so by buying some merch from us in our store a
link is below but i wanted to tell you that for the first time we are releasing a discounted
bundle of tested merch specifically our original five demerit badges these are ways in which every
maker screws up so we've got the measure once cursed twice uh releasing the mysterious blue
smoke from electronics and stopping them from working breaking a drill bit uh 3d printer
going all flag spaghetti monster on you and my personal most common one cutting your finger
yeah get yourself over to testeddashstore.com and line yourself up with some demerit badges
i'm going to sew these to my apron oh that actually would make a good one day build