[TheForge] Jardine (Was: Little Giant advice sought)

Fri Nov 15 18:05:02 2002

       The same fellow that owns the 25 I've been talking about also
purchased the 50 pound Canadian Giant from Haystack two years ago.......I
don't know if it is made by Jardine or not.

Ralph
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Spencer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 2:17 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Jardine (Was: Little Giant advice sought)


>
> > Now for a brief bit of local history:
> > J. A. Jardine company was from Hespler Ontario (now part of Cambridge
> > Ontario) and made a number of blacksmithing tools.
>
> Yup.  The hammer says "Hespeler Ontario" right on it.
>
> > At Fanshawe Pioneer Village, London Ontario; they have
> >
> > - wheel up setter
>
> One of those wall-mounted things that clamps the tire and the
> squeeeezes to upset it?  I've got a couple of those by Jardine.  I'm
> pretty sure I have something else Jardine-ish but I forget what.  A
> tire roller maybe?  The Jardine hammer works just fine despite some
> evidence of abuse by previous owners.
>
> Did Jardine make bigger hammers?  50# or bigger?
>
> > Other local companies are Canadian Forge and Blower out of Kitchener
> > Ontario...
>
> Got one of their blowers.
>
> > ...bought one of their fire pots from another smith, as new for
> > $150.00
>
> Just FYI, although Lunenburg Foundry,
>
>     http://www.lunenburgfoundry.com/
>
> regretably has closed up their wonderful but antiquated iron foundry
> they still have a huge collection of patterns and you can still order
> their firepots.  They send the pattern off to a foundry in New
> Brunswick.  I was shocked at how reasonable the price was a couple of
> years ago, something like C$120.
>
> - Mike
>
> --
> Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada
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