Daily Blog #15

Daily Blog #15
Thursday, May 16, 2019
I spent 6 hours in the gorge today.
Today I did a lot. I cut out my second shield and put my handles on it. That took all morning and some of the afternoon. Once I finished my handle I started to polish off my spears and put the spears hands on the shafts. I finished polishing all but one of them which I will do tomorrow right before I put the decoration on my shield. I will also start to put handls on my swords and make them comfortable to handle. I think I made very good progress today and am in a very good position with my work.

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