[TheForge] The True Path in the 24th century.

Mon Mar 4 01:52:00 2002

At 10:46 PM 3/2/02, you wrote:
>Philip;

Because the possibilities in the medium are so overwhelmingly large, one 
has to arbitrarily set parameters to try to squeeze the choices down to a 
range that one can deal with.
If I go for all things considered, I spend my life staring at the 
wall...just too much...besides a bit of  self handicapping ( style?) makes 
a more sporting proposition..........Pete

>Peter Fels and Phoebe Palmer wrote:
>
> > At 10:27 AM 3/2/02, you wrote:
> >
> > APPLAUSE!
> >
>
>Yeah, me too ;-) I've forwarded it along to some of my SCA friends- I 
>think they'll
>get a good laugh out of it ;-)
>
>One of the concepts I've been having trouble dealing with on this List, is 
>just
>what you guys are meaning by traditional smithing. I mean, I know what I 
>mean by
>it, and I know what I'm trying to accomplish, as do the others, like 
>myself, who
>are into reenacting- basicly, to make ironwork in the same way that 
>someone in our
>preferred time periods would have done, only using such modern shortcuts 
>as don't
>affect the quality of the work. This is a goal for our own enjoyment, and 
>study of
>the periods we reenact.
>
>But, with some of the rest of you, I'm not sure what you're striving for. 
>If all
>you want to do is join two bits of iron or steel together, I can't see that it
>matters whether you use a forge or an arc welder or a rivet to do it, as 
>long as it
>looks nice when you're finished.
>
>And yes, taking a bit of stock and making it into, say, a leaf, or 
>upsetting, or
>drawing, are basic techniques, and they've been around for a while. But, 
>I'll tell
>you what, when someone successfully does it for the first time, it's just as
>brand-new as if they invented it themselves.
>
>Phlip
>
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