[TheForge] Real men dont use tongs

Wed Dec 3 07:26:01 2003

Are you on a first name basis with the people at the burn ward yet?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Vida" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Real men dont use tongs

> 
> 
> Ries Niemi wrote:
> 
> > This goes back to the old "I am too macho to wear gloves" argument.
> 
> I basically never wear gloves when forging, but not for
> any macho reasons.  I don't like the reduced tactile
> sensation that gloves introduce.  I don't know about
> anyone else, but I gather a lot of information on what's
> going on under the hammer through each of my hands.  That
> dull feeling I get with gloves is usually intolerably
> annoying to me.
> 
> The big downside for me is my seemingly uncurable mental
> block regarding black heat.  to my brain, if it isn't
> glowing, it isn't hot.
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