Robert of Bellême

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A roaring hellmouth

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Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· 3d

It's pretty funny that there was this kind of tendency in the 50s too

Anxious middle-aged man sitting in front of a radio while the rest of his family, all holding baseball equipment, stand around him. His wife says, "Grab a mitt. The world situation won't deteriorate any faster because you got in a little one o' cat."

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· 4d

One time I applied the lint roller directly to this guy and this is what happened.

A small cat the color of dirty snow. He's a little bitch.

Rotating shafts warning label showing a person being wrapped around a rotating shaft but with cat ears and nose and a tail added because it's the previously indicated small bitch

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· 11d

My wife is incredibly good to me and is making me a glorious sweater.

Partially completed sweater decorated with triceratops and dino footprints.

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· 11d

@cethanleahy tweet:

Attractive mothers, you may be curious why I've called everyone to this parlor. Wonder no longer, I can reveal I have a MILF of my own, a "Mystery I'd Like to Figure out".

Picture of poirot

@daveswebsite tweet:
No tool is more American than the leafblower, a loud piece of shit that spreads trash everywhere.

@fartmaster42069 tweet:
When you tie a girl up and she says "you can do whatever you want" so you just go to the pub with the boys

@joshcarlosjosh tweet:
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"lmao" said Gandalf, "well it has"

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· 11d

More stuff

The jug I made next to a bottle of wine. It's big enough to make sangria in!

Can of maple syrup given to me by a friend

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· 16d

This level of regional specificity is a very late development in the existence of the billhook. If you look at pattern books from the late 18th/early 19th century, like Smith's Key, there are fewer options and they are denoted by function or shape, not region: military bill, pruning hook, etc.

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· 16d

Here's a billhook i forged out some time ago in the historical manner, with an iron body and a steel edge, entirely by hand. Still need to grind it. Shape is based on one excavated from Fort Ticonderoga, so 3rd quarter of the 18th c.

A billhook with edge and point facing to the right, a tang offset toward the back side of the blade. Used for pruning cutting wood generally smaller than a man's wrist, especially for jobs like hedge laying, coppicing, or limbing.

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· 25d

Dopey the dumbfuck
@richard57941301

*Jeopardy interview segment*

So James, it says here that "they're out to get you"

Me, beaming: that's right ken

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· Jul 2

Posting some recipes that I want to try but haven't yet. Not doing alt text on these because I don't have time, sorry.

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· Jul 2

I think it's pretty funny that one of my favorite cookbooks is a tie-in with a mystery series and was published in the 70s. It has some ingredients that are pricey or difficult to find in the present day: turtle, starlings, shad roe, veal sweetbreads, etc. Heres the cover and my favorite recipe

Madrilène with Beet Juice
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Fritz's soups are often used by Wolfe to feed clients, even unwilling ones: The client lowered his hands and the bleary eyes blinked a dozen times. "You'll have to make allowances," he said. "I just left the district attorney's office. I was there all night and no sleep."
"Have you eaten?"
"My god, no."
Wolfe made a face. That complicated it. The mere thought of a man going without good was disagreeable, and to have one there in his house was intolerable. If a man can swallow anything he can swallow Fritz's madrilène with beet juice, and after one spoonful of his lemon-sherry pudding with brown-sugar sauce there's no argument. The cheese and water cress were still on the tray when I took it to the kitchen, but the bowls were empty. [Blood Will Tell]

2 cups chicken stock
2 cups tomato juice
1/2 cup beet juice
1/4 cup dry sherry
1/2 teaspoon grated onion
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon chopped chives
3 tablespoons red caviar

Combine the chicken stock, tomato and beet juices, and sherry in a saucepan. Add the grated onion. Bring the soup to a boil, stir, and simmer for 15 minutes. Correct the seasoning. Mix the sour cream, chives, and caviar together. Allow the madrilène to cool for a few moments, then serve warm with a tablespoon of sour-cream mixture in the center of the bowl. (Makes about 4 cups)

The Nero Wolfe Cookbook
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Rex Stout
And the Editors of Viking Press

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· Jun 30

Made something silly and fun

A butter bell with a scene of cows on grass, blue sky, and a saucer flying ominously overhead.

One of the cows being lifted up by the saucer's tractor beam. The bea. forms the actual bell where the butter goes.

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· Jun 28

Couple of cheesecake pics of some carpenter's slices. Two made by me, one made by a colleague.

Three different large chisel blades (called slices or slicks historically) with freshly ground edges.

Close up view of one of the edges showing the transition between iron(darker and grey) and steel welded together. The edge needs to be steel for strength. But most of the chisel has to be iron for cost saving.

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· Jun 25

Creating a block list for Him

A small annoying cat with his head getting held like a burger, commonly referred to as Burgering Him

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· Jun 19

Looks like his inspiration was the tomb entrance in the Valley of the Kings

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· Jun 12

We've been cleaning up this clock jack one of our colleagues made years ago, thought you'd like to see it.

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· Jun 3

Anybody order some out of focus nail making? Well you're getting it anyway

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· May 28

@bransonreese.bsky.social is this detail autobiographical?

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· May 16

I'd actually love to hear it, let me just put on my listening glasses.

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· May 14

Some of the prettier nails I've made. The "flat point" style was the most common in the South, while sharp pointed nails are more common in the North. There's lots of theorizing but no decent explanation for why that is.

3 different hand forged nails of different lengths. From top to bottom: a 10d (3" shank) common nail, a 6d clasp head nail (this style is measured differently, with a 2" overall length, because they are driven completely into the wood), and a 1/2" furniture tack.

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· May 9

This guy? Yeah, he's big.

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· May 9

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· May 5

He is ready for the fall of the axe. A fitting punishment for his many crimes.

A little white cat laying in a basket with his head sticking out over the side. He looks like he's waiting to be executed.

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· May 2

There's no singular style that's good, I just don't like the realistic style of the 18th/19th c. Looks really cheesy to me, like the icon version of an airbrushed wizard. These are all good for example

Ethiopian diptych of St. George on the left and the Theotokos and child Christ on the right.

Theotokos and child carved in ivory, 7th-8th century Egyptian

Mosaic of St. Andrew on the left and St. Peter on the right, from La Martorana in Palermo, 12th century

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· May 1

Finally finished this mf.

Tomahawk now fully filed pictures in the center, surrounded by various bits of work in progress, and tools. Hammer on the left, file on the right.

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· Apr 28

also I made this compass a while ago. Three leaf friction compass. It's pretty sexy. Iron and steel.

Compass with its legs open. Rule head style with lines filed in for decoration

Compass with its legs closed, pointing up. Also there's a punch.

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· Apr 28

Found a clam rake at the antique mall. Hell yeah mf

Clam rake, tang for the handle on the left hand size tines for scooping up clams without holding onto sand on the right side.

Closeup of one side of the rake, showing attachment and shape of sides to keep clams from falling out

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· Apr 28

Happy birthday Ing. Here are my gifts to you.

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· Apr 26

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· Apr 9

This is what I mean. This is completely insane there is a reason growing flax and extracting the fiber were different from spinning and weaving and dressmaking.

"Behold! One YEAR of labor" on the top left. "Even though I'm only working on my third skein of flax, I've already gone through a surprising amount of what I grew last summer." Pictured: Two small skeins -of what is best described as twine- that will allegedly be part of a dress.

Robert of Bellême@rbelleme· Apr 9

I have seen one good example of this plate