[TheForge] anvils ring letter

Thu Feb 28 21:50:00 2002

The fall AR has the lower end of a stair rail on the cover and the winter 
AR which has the editorial letter he is referring to has a knife blade on 
the cover

Women in Blacksmithing, I kind of agree with him that the horse has been 
over ridden. An occasional reminder to the public is fine, but I don't 
consider metal work to be gender specific and I don't need to have it 
pointed out to me constantly. There are many woman smiths who's work I 
admire but only as one person with a hammer admiring anothers work, I am 
not amazed that they can do it.

The railing on the cover of the Fall AR 2001 does have visible arc welds, 
but they are cleaned up well and the design is nice. I don't know if it is 
good cover material but I don't know what the editors selection was either.
I feel that the AR cover could shoot for a higher standard, as this would 
be more appropriate for NOMMA'S Fabricator cover.
L Brown

At 08:34 PM 2/28/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>I seem to have mislaid my copy of the Ring that he is refering to, could
>someone remind me what is on the cover?  Then I am sure I will be able to
>come up with a reply.
>
>--dave
>
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> > i'm surprised that no one has mentioned dave mariettes letter to the
>editor in the current ar. anyone care to comment?
> >
> > as to his first point on the 'women do iron' i agree. about time someone
>said something.
> >
> > on his second point i am a little conflicted. i am anything but a
>traditionalist who believes everything should be forged according to a
>certain set of rules but.....
> >
> > anyone else interested in discussing this?
> >
> > i did think it was an excellent issue of the anvils ring.
> >
> > bob
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