[TheForge] Bellows Frame

[Mike Linn]

This may be a kick in the teeth to a few out there, but my dad got a 7' 
bellows that had been re leathered with lamb skin. He got it from a retired 
vet who had taken it for services rendered. It sat in his attic for years 
and is in absolutely pristine condition. Get this, he paid $75 for it. I 
asked him if he felt guilty and he replied " That's what the guy wanted for 
it, go I gave it to him" Then he goes into a long speal about how he had to 
haul it down out of the attic and lug it across the yard and stuff it into 
his car.  I think there was a little guilt there after all...

mike




At 03:38 PM 6/3/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Bob Schade:  The item is not priced.  I have only seen one other in the
>last 6 years and it lives on the wall in a Cracker Barrel in
>Russellville, Ark...  Since they are rare in my experience I do not know
>if they are sought after or what, and rather than see some collector get
>it and put it on his wall, here is a chance for some blacksmith to
>actually get a rebuildable tool.  I don't have a clue to it's value,
>hence the inquiry.  The $ 250 figure is purely hypothetical
>Stephen
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