[TheForge] Historical type Forge

Thu Apr 24 23:23:00 2003

This sounds very similar to a portable military forge discussed, I believe,
on this list a couple years ago. It was based on a "Red River" cart and
somebody had built a working replica as close to mil-spec as his sources
allowed. There was a URL with pics as well.

Hopefully this and your post will tweek the original posters memory and they
can share the URL again. I lost my bookmarks etc. in a HD crash a year ago
or so.

Backup? I don't need no steeeenkeeeng backup!

<sigh>

Frosty
------------------------
If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Fertner" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Historical type Forge

> Check your library for this book, it's an oldie (1963):
> Revolutionary War Weapons; Pole Arms, Hand Guns, Shoulder Arms and
Artillery
> By C. B. Colby
> This little 48 page book has some interesting info about arms of that
> period. I also period drawings of various military carts, including a
> traveling forge. Those pictures are credited to the Military Museum at
West
> Point. The forge picture has a side, front and top view. The scale of the
> picture in the book is 7/16 inch equals 1 foot. That probably is not the
> scale of the original drawing. It's a two wheel cart with the bellows
> between the wheels. The forge sits on the end of the cart.
> Rob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phlip" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 9:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Historical type Forge
>
>
> >
> > Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
> >
> > > What kind of an outfit did Lewis and Clark take with them?  How about
> the
> > > various world army's?
> > >
> > > Dick
> >
> > I've been looking for the same sort of thing, too, so I can take my
forge
> to
> > SCA events and have it be reasonably authentic. I've found a couple of
> > pictures (actually, Aaron Silver found them for me) so give me some
time,
> > and I'll find the URLs for you.
> >
> > One of the reasons I'm so interested in the age of Iron event at the
e3nd
> of
> > the month, is that someone there is supposed to have a pre-1600 forge
> there-
> > I intend to give it a good look and take pictures.
> >
> > What I'm working for, for my intended forge wagon, is a wooden forge and
> > wagon, with a bellows set up on it, and the firepot lined with clay- if
> > you're interested, I'll take pictures when I construct it.
> >
> > Phlip
> >
> >  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> > cat.
> >
> > Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> > And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
> >
> >
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