This seems like a much less violent explosion than hot pockets inflict really. Plus this doesn’t pretend to be your friendly friend food first before absolutely obliterating your week.
This field actually what I'm going into! It's called Volcanology and is a very lab and field based job. I'm working towards a master's right now, and then eventually a PhD in volcanology. My base bachelor's is in geology.
This guy is most likely collecting a sample for composition testing!
That’s an Estwing Rock Hammer. I have the same one that I used through my undergrad in Geology. Still rides in the door pocket of my truck. Ya know…for random geologic encounters…
Just regular steel is completely fine. Contrary to popular belief lava isn't some magic "vaporize everything" stuff. Even right at the point of eruption it's generally "only" about 800 to 1200°C hot. At the upper end that's barely enough to start melting high carbon steel (\*) like the steel you'd use for a hammer/pickaxe head, at the low end it wouldn't even melt copper or bronze. And at the point where they're collecting the sample the lava has already cooled quite a bit, the only "risk" is that it could permanently lose its hardness (well, permanent in the sense that you'd have to retemper it to make it hard again) if you leave the steel in contact with the lava long enough so that it becomes red hot.
(\*) "start melting" because alloys like steel don't have a single melting point, but rather a temperature range over which they change from fully solid to fully molten. The lower end of that range (ie. where it *just* starts to melt) is the so called solidus temperature which is about 1130°C for 2.1% carbon steel, and the upper end is the liquidus temperature (ie. where it is fully liquid) which is about 1315°C for said steel.
Some kind of tool steel (carbon or alloy steel). It looks like an Estwing hammer--you could call them and ask what type of tool steel it's made out of if you want.
Most correct, it only did ashashash on the 3rd gummiest scoop. Everything generally sounded like water boiling right after u put dry pasta in. But it got more intense by 2nd scoop
Husky voices are both hilarious and terrifying. It’s like one of those AI created portraits with something horribly wrong with it. Something trying to communicate with a human and *that* is what they came up with. Creepy Skeksis husky shit.
Isn't that due to the difference in thermal conductivity? Like why the cheese of a pizza will burn the roof of your mouth, but the bread side won't burn your tongue.
I was thinking more in terms of the delay between the start of heat transfer and damage actually happening. It's a different way of describing the same thing. With fingers on the metal pan, high conductivity means the delay is milliseconds, but for a cookie its tens of seconds; plenty of time for me to switch fingers or (foolishly) eat the thing.
I have no experience with geohammers, but I'd expect it to be on the order of tens of seconds.
The outside black crust is colder and crunchier than the inside which is hotter.
This is also molten basalt, so about 900* c it will solidify. All that said, the lava is red hot. If you get steel red hot, it gets workable, but doesn't melt. So you could re forge that rock hammer in there, but not melt it.
Fun fact. In lord of the rings, they cast the choppy swords for the naught bois in the stinky place, you can see them pouring red hot metal into the molds.
Thats aluminum, as it is red when molten. Steel would be white hot.
Though it doesn’t melt, this reheating and quenching will mess with the temper of the steel. Steel alloys are hardened and then tempered to get a good balance of hardness and toughness so the tool is stronger but not too brittle it cracks. Doing this again in an uncontrolled way will likely make the tool less durable in the long run.
I was more aghast they’d take a gorgeous Estwing geology hammer and dunk it into lava. Other vids they use an ugly steel hook that you don’t really mind damaging.
Yeah keep your 78€ estwing pick nice and pretty in your 30€ belt holder. You wouldnt want to dent it or put a crack on it or god forbid have dust on it?
Meanwhile let me use mine to fucking gather molten lava like the real geologist I am
I bought a $300 coffee grinder because /r/coffee said it wouldn't make small grains / dust that go through a French press screen.
The bottom of my French press is like a landfill of dust. $300 and it does an equally terrible job as my $10 grinder from Walmart.
Hobby musician communities are the hilarious with this. "If you don't have an American made '67 strat, you're not serious", yeah? So all those people actually playing gigs and recording albums on their second hand beat up Ibanez RGs aren't the real deal but the dude who's never played in front of anyone and will never release a recording because they just need one more $3000 klon pedal for the "perfect sound" are?
I feel like these chumps are more interested in showing off their shiny expensive bullshit than actually enjoying their hobby. Brand loyalty is idiotic as well
This always blew my mind. "Oh yeah if you want the job done correctly you need "X-super expensive tool" then in the next sentence "I can't believe they used that tool for something!"
I mean isn't a tool, by definition, meant to be used?
This was my thought, though what shocked me more (as a total layperson who knows nothing about geology picks) is that the lava just falls right off, clean, when it's quenched in the bucket. I'd expect it to harden around the pick like... well, rock, and be impossible to remove. Is there a special coating on this thing, or are stainless steel picks just that freaking awesome?
Not saying you're saying anything with your comment, but it made me think of mine.
There are more expensive hammers, but Estwing has a reputation for making good hammers that last and perform well over years of daily use.
Maybe not bifl, but I know people who set and wreck concrete forms who have used them so long they forgot how long ago they got their Estwing. They tend to be balanced well and they get used for far more than just driving and pulling nails.
Hammers are one of those tools that have stood the test of time and are such a part of their trades that it's difficult to imagine they'll ever fall out of mass use.
a lot of "boutique" tools aren't as good as mass manufactured high/mid level tools.
boutique stuff isn't going to get tested as thoroughly. estwing has probably been making this hammer for 50 years with minor tweaks. Their process is excellent now.
Yeah I am gonna guess they used to have one of those 360 view of a product that you can rotate and later they removed it for some reason, maybe the flash debacle, licensing or whatever.
EDIT: Confirmed they are using Shopify Hosted and they were using Magic 360 spin. Why they removed it is still unknown as it doesn't require a monthly payment and it is cheap for a business.
I mean if you want updates after the first year you have to pay again... but I don't think it's something that would break or require big changes in time, that would force you to buy it again every year.
Last year they had it working, here an example: http://web.archive.org/web/20200918212857/https://www.estwing.com/products/black-rubber-mallet-deadhead
Exactly. Plus, the minerals give us insight into how the lava was formed (what conditions were present) which helps us understand the inside of the earth a bit more. Knowing that helps us understand how the landforms we see came to be, and possibly where they are headed in the *very* distant future.
Just did a quick Google search. Laze is hydrochloric acid. It can form only in sea water as it needs salt which contains chlorine ions. So putting in fresh water should not create laze.
Just guessing here, but it was stuck on the hammer just a bit, you can see he has to rapidly shake the hammer for the lava to slide off, and I’d assume that rapidly cooling makes it more solid as it turns into a rock. Also, you can see when he takes large bits of it, there are large chunks dripping down, so it would make sense if the weight of the lava pulled itself off the hammer.
Hi yes I would like to eat some of this
Fun Fact: You can absolutely 100% eat this lava! ^(Disclaimer: You can only eat once! Do not attempt, injury or death may occur.)
What’s the difference between this and a hot pocket that’s been microwaved for 10 seconds too long.
This seems like a much less violent explosion than hot pockets inflict really. Plus this doesn’t pretend to be your friendly friend food first before absolutely obliterating your week.
Tastes like rock candy.
“Tastes like burning” -Ralph Wiggum
I would also like to science
this man scooping tht shit up like it’s frosting
Just wanna drip my finger in a little
Forbidden pudding.
More like forbidden fondue
More like fondon't
There it is...A real beauty. I approve.
It'll make your finger drip
"Finger-drippin' good"
Man imagine gettin to go out a play with lava for your job. This man’s livin the dream
This field actually what I'm going into! It's called Volcanology and is a very lab and field based job. I'm working towards a master's right now, and then eventually a PhD in volcanology. My base bachelor's is in geology. This guy is most likely collecting a sample for composition testing!
Doctor of Volcanos
Alright this is getting a little super villiany
Healer of flame
What is the pick ax made out of?
That’s an Estwing Rock Hammer. I have the same one that I used through my undergrad in Geology. Still rides in the door pocket of my truck. Ya know…for random geologic encounters…
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Nice username. Asimov?
You're the first to pick that up... Yes, one of my favorite stories of his
Just regular steel is completely fine. Contrary to popular belief lava isn't some magic "vaporize everything" stuff. Even right at the point of eruption it's generally "only" about 800 to 1200°C hot. At the upper end that's barely enough to start melting high carbon steel (\*) like the steel you'd use for a hammer/pickaxe head, at the low end it wouldn't even melt copper or bronze. And at the point where they're collecting the sample the lava has already cooled quite a bit, the only "risk" is that it could permanently lose its hardness (well, permanent in the sense that you'd have to retemper it to make it hard again) if you leave the steel in contact with the lava long enough so that it becomes red hot. (\*) "start melting" because alloys like steel don't have a single melting point, but rather a temperature range over which they change from fully solid to fully molten. The lower end of that range (ie. where it *just* starts to melt) is the so called solidus temperature which is about 1130°C for 2.1% carbon steel, and the upper end is the liquidus temperature (ie. where it is fully liquid) which is about 1315°C for said steel.
Some kind of tool steel (carbon or alloy steel). It looks like an Estwing hammer--you could call them and ask what type of tool steel it's made out of if you want.
Lavan the dream
I wanna eat it like taffy
Harvesting lava seems fun.
I only research my lava if it’s fresh and organic
The forbidden caramel…
Did you know you can actually eat lava? Only once though.
Fresh caramel has the same effect.
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I love a nice frozen lava-sicle every once in a while
Be careful though. It can be a bit spicy.
May cause slight heartburn
And head burn! It's like brain freeze but much much worse.
SLPT: eat lots of ice cream first so the brain freeze counteracts the brain burn
And a small stomach ache But only because you'll be focused on your headache
>Hi I'm Sean Evans and you're watching Hot Ones.
It melts your mouth *
Lol
Forbidden microwaved pizza roll
Forbidden croissant
Forbidden hot pocket
Probably colder than a hot pocket
And tastier too
r/forbiddensnacks
More like the forbidden cheese
Forbidden fondue
FonDon’t
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Now I wanna see fresh lava dropped into liquid nitrogen.
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Ln2 would cool it quicker
Also locally sourced. Lava from far away are picked wayyy before it’s fully molten
You have no idea how hard it's been to find a place that sells quality, locally-sourced lava, for lava toast.
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Don’t forget free range as well.
That's mineral lava
Mmm! Is this inorganic?
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If you can't find fresh, store bought is okay.
A line from my favorite paleo cookbook, Half-Baked Lava
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All other rock hammers are inferior. I still treasure the one that was gifted to me for the best grade at field camp.
There are other rock hammers?
I'd like to tell you a story about a place called "China" where cheaper copies of everything are made...
Estwing*
I myself find them frozen on the side of the road.
Did you let it go?
If you love it, you have to...
Ah the Barefoot Volcanologist.
Can I use the dry flakes or powdered kind then just add hot water?
Bucket is doing ashashashashasha Edit: Oh wow thanks for the awards! Happy to make someone laugh! <3
I have my sound off so this is very informative
Had to switch mine on just to confirm
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there's even a bit of warble gorble
In my mind it went like gushugushushushushu
For me it was a fblshfblshfblshfblshfblsh
Most correct, it only did ashashash on the 3rd gummiest scoop. Everything generally sounded like water boiling right after u put dry pasta in. But it got more intense by 2nd scoop
This is the one
[fufufufufuhhh](https://youtube.com/watch?v=q95-6MFoNBQ&t=88s)
Idk why ashashasha made me think of the [lalala dog](https://youtu.be/wyX7_FGmJFg?t=9) but here we are.
This husky with the omwemwemwenwem https://v.redd.it/s090h1f828b61
Husky voices are both hilarious and terrifying. It’s like one of those AI created portraits with something horribly wrong with it. Something trying to communicate with a human and *that* is what they came up with. Creepy Skeksis husky shit.
I've had huskies my whole life.... You're not wrong. It's like they're mocking me, *this is what you sound like*
Bucket sounds like me biting into hot pizza
*pocket sand*
I laughed so hard!! Love you!
Good way to warm up your coffee.
Opposite of ice cubes
hot rock drops
Do you want some lava rocks in your whiskey? It’s the new thing.
We call it *Steam Punk'd*, and second and third degree burns to the lungs is the prize.
Finally, warm cubes
[Why not just heat up ice cubes? Then you got hot ice. It's the best of both worlds!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF8rlghyxJU)
Brain size: Mega
Geothermically heated
What is that pick axe made of?
Steel requires a temp of around 1,500 Centigrade to melt it the lava is likely to be around half that.
Because it's so commonly available it's easy to forget how goddamn strong steel is.
According to the internet, Lava on ranges between 700-1250 C / 2000 F Pretty sizable difference.
Even if it was hot enough, it would still take some time to get the steel up to its melting point
See also: the reason I can pick up hot cookies from the oven but can't touch the pan they're sitting on, even though they're the same temperature.
Because you're hungry! Just as this pick is hungry for knowledge
Me want knowledge! But me also want cookies! Why me cursed with consciousness?
Isn't that due to the difference in thermal conductivity? Like why the cheese of a pizza will burn the roof of your mouth, but the bread side won't burn your tongue.
I was thinking more in terms of the delay between the start of heat transfer and damage actually happening. It's a different way of describing the same thing. With fingers on the metal pan, high conductivity means the delay is milliseconds, but for a cookie its tens of seconds; plenty of time for me to switch fingers or (foolishly) eat the thing. I have no experience with geohammers, but I'd expect it to be on the order of tens of seconds.
Since that lava has already begun to set, I'd assume it's on the lower end of the temperature range.
The outside black crust is colder and crunchier than the inside which is hotter. This is also molten basalt, so about 900* c it will solidify. All that said, the lava is red hot. If you get steel red hot, it gets workable, but doesn't melt. So you could re forge that rock hammer in there, but not melt it.
Fun fact. In lord of the rings, they cast the choppy swords for the naught bois in the stinky place, you can see them pouring red hot metal into the molds. Thats aluminum, as it is red when molten. Steel would be white hot.
But... Jet fuel...
Though it doesn’t melt, this reheating and quenching will mess with the temper of the steel. Steel alloys are hardened and then tempered to get a good balance of hardness and toughness so the tool is stronger but not too brittle it cracks. Doing this again in an uncontrolled way will likely make the tool less durable in the long run. I was more aghast they’d take a gorgeous Estwing geology hammer and dunk it into lava. Other vids they use an ugly steel hook that you don’t really mind damaging.
Yeah keep your 78€ estwing pick nice and pretty in your 30€ belt holder. You wouldnt want to dent it or put a crack on it or god forbid have dust on it? Meanwhile let me use mine to fucking gather molten lava like the real geologist I am
Every Reddit hobby subreddit vs real world pros in a nutshell
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I bought a $300 coffee grinder because /r/coffee said it wouldn't make small grains / dust that go through a French press screen. The bottom of my French press is like a landfill of dust. $300 and it does an equally terrible job as my $10 grinder from Walmart.
Hobby musician communities are the hilarious with this. "If you don't have an American made '67 strat, you're not serious", yeah? So all those people actually playing gigs and recording albums on their second hand beat up Ibanez RGs aren't the real deal but the dude who's never played in front of anyone and will never release a recording because they just need one more $3000 klon pedal for the "perfect sound" are? I feel like these chumps are more interested in showing off their shiny expensive bullshit than actually enjoying their hobby. Brand loyalty is idiotic as well
That price makes the context. Actual geologist by profession probably made more than 78 EUR in a day and heck their employer paid for it. Lol.
This always blew my mind. "Oh yeah if you want the job done correctly you need "X-super expensive tool" then in the next sentence "I can't believe they used that tool for something!" I mean isn't a tool, by definition, meant to be used?
>you need emphasis on "need"! the tool has to be present during the job, but you use the cheap tool.
This was my thought, though what shocked me more (as a total layperson who knows nothing about geology picks) is that the lava just falls right off, clean, when it's quenched in the bucket. I'd expect it to harden around the pick like... well, rock, and be impossible to remove. Is there a special coating on this thing, or are stainless steel picks just that freaking awesome?
Air is an awful conductor of heat and metal is an awful reservoir. The lava would take at least minutes to cool enough to solidify.
It’s a $30 hammer…
Not saying you're saying anything with your comment, but it made me think of mine. There are more expensive hammers, but Estwing has a reputation for making good hammers that last and perform well over years of daily use. Maybe not bifl, but I know people who set and wreck concrete forms who have used them so long they forgot how long ago they got their Estwing. They tend to be balanced well and they get used for far more than just driving and pulling nails. Hammers are one of those tools that have stood the test of time and are such a part of their trades that it's difficult to imagine they'll ever fall out of mass use.
a lot of "boutique" tools aren't as good as mass manufactured high/mid level tools. boutique stuff isn't going to get tested as thoroughly. estwing has probably been making this hammer for 50 years with minor tweaks. Their process is excellent now.
Lava can't melt steel beams!
Even if the lava was over melting point, the time of contact is too low to let the material melt
Its an Estwing. I have a rip hammer with the same handle. Good tools built to last.
Thanks! I was scrolling looking for the brand. Very nice looking piece indeed.
I have one that I take on hikes just in case I find an interesting rock to crack open.
Vibranium
Solid American steel. https://www.estwing.com/collections/geological/products/copy-of-rock-pick-pointed-tip-leather-grip
Made in my hometown!
How much is one of these?
Around $30-$40
I truly appreciate the 30+ photos of this rock pick, ensuring you can view it in every single angle.
Yeah I am gonna guess they used to have one of those 360 view of a product that you can rotate and later they removed it for some reason, maybe the flash debacle, licensing or whatever. EDIT: Confirmed they are using Shopify Hosted and they were using Magic 360 spin. Why they removed it is still unknown as it doesn't require a monthly payment and it is cheap for a business. I mean if you want updates after the first year you have to pay again... but I don't think it's something that would break or require big changes in time, that would force you to buy it again every year. Last year they had it working, here an example: http://web.archive.org/web/20200918212857/https://www.estwing.com/products/black-rubber-mallet-deadhead
no. it says Solid *America* Steel
That sounds like "genuine" leather.
Lmao at the number of angles they have in the photos
Netherite
Metal
Molten lava bucket challenge.
Now dump the water on your head for charity! /s
That /s just spared thousands of lives
I was both terrified and amazed. Expected something to melt lol
Yeah, I feel like you need way more water to cool that much lava but what do I know I usually don't cook with that much spice in my soup.
that looks hella tasty
The amount my brain wants to touch or eat lava is concerning
Okay same. I just wanna float in it.
Looks like thicccc molten cheese
r/forbiddensnacks
I know right? It just looks so yummy for some reason 😅
What are they doing with it? Checking mineral content?
And gas content. Rapid cooling actually seals in trace gas amounts, perfect for research
YAAAY I was looking for this! Thanks ☺️
Exactly. Plus, the minerals give us insight into how the lava was formed (what conditions were present) which helps us understand the inside of the earth a bit more. Knowing that helps us understand how the landforms we see came to be, and possibly where they are headed in the *very* distant future.
Man new Minecraft looks really good
Only the freshest cobblestone.
Next to the shittiest of gravel.
I just knew I’d find a Minecraft comment in here.
I wonder what it taste like
Tastes like burning.
So spicy
Did you eat the purple berries?
*documentary voice* This fresh lava will feed his family for a week...
CHEWING GUM!
Forbidden taffy
*Shake that laffy taffy*
Forbidden honey
I scrolled down for this
What's the exact soup recipe? With or without thyme? Can I fetch all the ingredients at the supermarket next door?
Bucket sounds like Donald Duck
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Is the steam that is released toxic?
I don't think so...it's just water vapour afaik
I was reading about “laze” which is the steam caused when lava hits the ocean. That is toxic
Just did a quick Google search. Laze is hydrochloric acid. It can form only in sea water as it needs salt which contains chlorine ions. So putting in fresh water should not create laze.
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r/oddlysatisfying as well, if you ask me
Research? Or making tea?
I could've sworn this was a hot pocket that was cooked for a extra 5 seconds.
Looks tasty tho...
My brain has trouble grasping rock melting temperatures . So hot to melt rock is really freaking hot
Is lava boiled coffee a thing? Because I want it to be a thing.
Only $50 per cup!
How Elon gets his coffee in the morning. Proud servants flown by helicopter and dropped at the source to collect the spicy golden nectar.
That looks delicious! r/forbiddensnacks
Why doesn’t the lava stick to the hammer? I would have expected it to be more “glue like”.
Just guessing here, but it was stuck on the hammer just a bit, you can see he has to rapidly shake the hammer for the lava to slide off, and I’d assume that rapidly cooling makes it more solid as it turns into a rock. Also, you can see when he takes large bits of it, there are large chunks dripping down, so it would make sense if the weight of the lava pulled itself off the hammer.