[TheForge] Re: Pure Iron Truck Specials.

Tue Aug 27 06:12:00 2002

Junk yard steel is virtually free: wonderful things can be made from it; 
but we soon find that working with new steel pays for itself in  saved 
time.  I figured that pure iron would be a similar improvement.  Like the 
old saying.. " A  day late  and  a dollar short"

Following the Flagstaff  AZ 2000 ABANA  Conference,  and after 
reading  praises of Pure Iron on this list,  I  wanted to try hammering it 
myself.    When I  heard the $  minimum   / purchase/ shipment  of Pure 
Iron,  that  sounded like too big of a "pill",  as sample,  for me.

I thought  we would better wait until the  reported  Semi-truck load of 
Pure Iron  coming  to  La Crosse 2002 ABANA .   The Pure Iron that made it 
to La Crosse, was a limited selection  in form of a small pickup load.   We 
brought home a $90 sample of Pure Iron.

I can imagine a company like Centaur Forge offering a $50 "Pure Iron 
Sampler" in their catalog.  Even if overpriced in a small quality,  I think 
that it would have been nearly as difficult to resist as the impulse buy 
"marketing" of putting candy at children's eye level at the grocery 
store.   I think it is a  fair guess that many of the ABANA full time 
blacksmiths begin as part time "hobby" blacksmith. We "hobby" blacksmiths 
likely comprise a big part of the ABANA membership.  My thanks to Centaur 
for being willing to supply small users like me.

Apparently to many of us  did not feel an overpowering impulse to 
order  the  minimum  Pure Iron shipment:   without  ever having had the 
opportunity to heat up and hammer  it .

Andy's  email post indicates that Pure Iron is selling well in France,  but 
the trip to Paris would probably be shorter for most of the French 
blacksmiths than my trips to La Crosse, Minneapolis, or Des Moines.

Perhaps  Pure Iron was available  through  some of the ABANA chapters,  but 
if not, then  that was a missed opportunity:   I don't remember seeing it 
offered at the Spring Conferences in Bemidji, or at the Fall Conferences at 
Hastings, Minnesota.  Nor do I remember seeing P.I . offered for sale or a 
hands on demonstration at  the Wisconsin / Iowa  UMBA  events that I attended.

Dann Johnson

At 12:26 PM 8/26/2002 -0700, you wrote:

>THis is especially so if CF or whomever would be willing to ship small 
>amounts at relatively extortionate prices. :)
>
>I'm sure Mike & co. could adjust pricing for wholesale and the distributor 
>take it from there.
>
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> > >We offered it to Centaur and didn't even get a reply.
> > >
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>I wonder if anyone other than myself
>requested that they stock it?
>For many of us hobby types PI has
>"impulse buy" written all over it.
>
>Mike Graf
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