[TheForge] Real men dont use tongs

Wed Dec 3 10:04:00 2003

My preference:
Glove on tong hand, not on hammer hand
Speaking of gloves:
Are there any lefties out there?  I have about 20 unused righties that could
be yours. They are a size M, leather, from Boeing surplus.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Phlip [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 6:51 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Real men dont use tongs

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> Now to check out my theory...
>
> I suspect that people who use a gas forge (or work with bronze, same
> idea) are much more likely to use gloves, because everything gets warm.
> People who use coal don't see the point of gloves.
>
> How about it, Phlip? Coal or gas? Anyone else?
>
> Steve Smith
> Who dearly loves his kevlar gloves and gas forge.

Charcoal, lately, Steve, but I didn't use gloves when I had my atmospheric
gas, just used tongs at need, combined with dipping the held end in the
slack bucket when it got too hot. Mostly tongs, though- at the time my
smithing was mostly confined to horse shoes.

Saint Phlip,
CoDoLDS

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 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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