Runcarving Knife
The Runcarving Knife is a knife that can be made out of various materials and is a premier tool for carving runes.
"... There are obsidian ones, ones made of dwarven-steel, and many more high-quality materials. But all of them have been made with a few drops of willingly given dragon blood and have to be forged or at least made to be bright glowing hot by the flame of the dragon offering its blood. If it is made of a forgeable material it must be forged only with the heat from the dragon's flame..."
This is what you hear and what the Suleri salesmen will tell you. And then you buy their knives for a fortune. But they are long gone when you try them for the first time. Don't be fooled.
Murek the honourable, traveling for the Distinguished Trader House of Olancour, during the harbourmarket at Arc'an Rock.
Rune carving knives could be made in the ways descibed above but they might not really be the best choice. Established wisdom asks for hardened metal, steel with some God's Grey if you go for the best and can afford it, but any hardened steel will do as long as it has been crafted without magic applicated during the process. The secret to the good knive is a drop of the future users blood in the oil or water used for the tempering. A Synchronization process of a dozen or so carvings will acomplish almost the same, almost.
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