[TheForge] anvils ring letter

Sat Mar 2 04:11:01 2002

At 08:31 AM 3/1/02, you wrote:
The anvil's ring has recovered because, in part, Rob Edwards  is  producing 
it now...an affable talented guy. When he said he was getting involved I 
reupped ABANANANA  to get the Ring. Mr Owings had us pretty spoiled.
RE women at the anvil...good idea, anything that might encourage more seems 
like a good idea....if for no other reason than I'd much much rather look 
at them than the usual hairy crew....and  odds are that there will be more 
beer leftover........pete f

>At 06:44 PM 2/28/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>>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.
>
>Ok... My take on women blacksmiths is that we should always have some 
>examples at hand of female blacksmiths so that we can hold them up to the 
>public and show them that this is not a male only field. After all, while 
>most of us are familiar with at least a few different female smiths and 
>their works, much of the public isn't. That doesn't mean that we need to 
>beat the "This is a Female Blacksmith and her work" to death.
>
>>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.....
>
>OK... I'm still a novice at blacksmithing, but from my looking at the 
>picture of the 2001 Fall AR, I think the railing is a very fine piece that 
>I would love to be able to measure up to, and that's an example that I'm 
>glad to have. If I could make my arc welds look half as good (even after 
>grinding and cleaning!) I'd be very happy. If I could forge leaves and 
>stems and make them look as organic, YEEHAW!
>
>As for educating the customer, I think the picture does a wonderful job of 
>it that. This definitely does not look like something tack welded from 
>pieces imported from India. The welds look very nicely cleaned up, and are 
>done so that the organic feeling of the piece is not disturbed. The pieces 
>welded together do not appear to be cast, and in fact look very nicely 
>forged and finished. People argue about True Path, but since when did 
>non-forge welding become False Path? As long as the method works and is a 
>quality job, why should we care? Because arc welding is easier we see more 
>examples of bad but serviceable workmanship, however I've got an example 
>or two (or 10) of magled forge-welds that the only reason I'm not ashamed 
>of them is because they are my first ones.
>>anyone else interested in discussing this?
>>
>>i did think it was an excellent issue of the anvils ring.
>>
>>bob
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>Aaron Silver
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