"The process will still singe the wood, but I mean, if you're looking for ash or charcoal, you could use it, burning it for heat or for cooking or something. It wouldn't really be suitable to build with once you extract the oils, because the property of the wood changes, even if it wasn't getting singed." Senku mused a little bit. Dry distillation was a bit of a challenge, but nowhere near impossible in any world. He'd have enough time to execute something like that in a stop of any time, especially if he was going to make the supplies he needed, and he was tempted to make a few things as it was.
He hummed a moment, giving it some thought about Roland's question. He opened his mouth to answer it and then stopped instead to listen. Something did change, didn't it?
No...maybe not. Hm.
Senku crossed his arms. "It would be a hell of a lot easier if I had a forge. If I had a forge, I could make you just about whatever you could want, at least in terms of blades. The thing with firearms is that there's more moving parts. It's not impossible, of course, it would just take more time to make everything, and not to mention ammunition requires more supplies. I have calcium carbonate, and wood, but that's not all I need to make gunpowder." He was also a lot less comfortable with moving into firearms unless it was necessary, especially if people weren't going to use them responsibly.
"But even without the forge." Senku mused slid his hand down into one of the pockets of his cargo pants and produced his knife. He'd upgraded it at some point that it was now a wood handle, leather binding and stone, but there it was. "I didn't order this, I made it. Knives. Spears. Bows and arrows. I don't need anything for those. Depends though, on how fancy you want it to be." He glanced side to side a moment. "I'm planning on making a crossbow at our next stop. I have what I need, mostly. Except privacy."
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He hummed a moment, giving it some thought about Roland's question. He opened his mouth to answer it and then stopped instead to listen. Something did change, didn't it?
No...maybe not. Hm.
Senku crossed his arms. "It would be a hell of a lot easier if I had a forge. If I had a forge, I could make you just about whatever you could want, at least in terms of blades. The thing with firearms is that there's more moving parts. It's not impossible, of course, it would just take more time to make everything, and not to mention ammunition requires more supplies. I have calcium carbonate, and wood, but that's not all I need to make gunpowder." He was also a lot less comfortable with moving into firearms unless it was necessary, especially if people weren't going to use them responsibly.
"But even without the forge." Senku mused slid his hand down into one of the pockets of his cargo pants and produced his knife. He'd upgraded it at some point that it was now a wood handle, leather binding and stone, but there it was. "I didn't order this, I made it. Knives. Spears. Bows and arrows. I don't need anything for those. Depends though, on how fancy you want it to be." He glanced side to side a moment. "I'm planning on making a crossbow at our next stop. I have what I need, mostly. Except privacy."