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Is that a thing? Like, “sharpened by the abrasion of photons striking the edge” or more like " sharpened in the daytime when I can see what I’m doing"?
This talk reminded me of my own sickle, which I have no actual use for, but which I picked up because the name gave me a silly grin and made me think of Terry Pratchett.
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Your sickle could use a little sharpening.
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More than a little. Right now it’s as-purchased from the garage sale, but its function is just decorative at the moment. I may hang it on the workshop wall once I find a good blacksmith’s hammer to go with it. 
The other side shows more file marks, and it’s sharp enough to cut 3/8" rope, but not at one stroke. It’s bevelled on both sides. I don’t know if that’s standard practice for sickles.
I remember reading that sickles were traditionally sharpened by peening* the edge on a small round anvil, finishing with a few strokes with a stone.
*Not what you think.
edit: Here we go.
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I sharpen mine by starlight. That’s why the edge is an absolute mess, and so are my hands…
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I use starlight to sharpen mine, with a magnifying glass. Takes a while though.
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I’ve worked for an engineering company for more than 5.5 years now and I still think “shot peening” sounds painful.
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I saw that! Of course, I noted to my husband, that we don’t really work like that! But still - there is an XKCD for literally everything at this point…
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Those gingerbread person suits look like the foam suits people wear when they’re training attack dogs.
I would hope a dog trained for such tasks wouldn’t be left loose near crowds of people, but that dog did look like it was attempting to take the gingerbread people down.
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What gender were the gingerbread person suits?
I feel so spiritually neutered now.
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Merry (your celebration here)!
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Not to mention sli / ces a spo / ken sentence.
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You should post that over in the “crime blamed on Satan” thread over at BB.
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From “The Last Boy Scout”: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6XVdKtKh9cM/TjH6ohsJEzI/AAAAAAAAACI/IpHbw8G_imM/s1600/lbs-satanclaus.png
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