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This is Tristan Schorn's blog, which is used for rambling about various things he cares about.

War is not Hell

This is a picture of a Ukrainian artist before and after returning from WW2...

Carbon Steel Experiment

Carbon Steel is interesting because chemically, it is intermediate between Cast Iron and Stainless Steel. It has more carbon content than Stainless, but less than Cast...

Things that last - Fountain pens

I may be a digital native, but sometimes the tech simply hasn't reached a certain threshold...

Things that last - Cast Iron pans

addition in the category of long lasting stuff for me. I encountered it recently, after getting frustrated about having to replace yet another set of non-stick pans...

Things that last - Safety Razors

I have a mildly embarrassing confession to make - I have never spent any of my own money on shaving equipment...

Things that last

I am intrigued by tools that perform a job for a long time, perform that job well, and don't have to be replaced very often...

Why did I need a new blog?

Control and customization, basically. I wanted to be able to add custom CSS to change colours, I wanted to be able to change layouts, and I wanted slashes through my 0's...

The old blog is dead - long live the blog!

I used to have a blog. I still do, but I used to as well (à la Hedberg)...

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