[TheForge] Real men dont use tongs

[Andy Vida]

Phlip wrote:
> 
> Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
> 
> > 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.
> 
> I guarantee that the reason I seldom wear gloves has absolutely nothing to
> do with macho, and everything to do with safety. I don't wear them often,
> and I don't let my students wear them except under certain very limitted
> circumstances.

	I remember Peter Ross being against the wearing of gloves, but
	don't recall precisely why... it may have been related to
	authenticity to period interpretation and not to any technical
	or safety reason, though I recall something about "feel" as
	well.  I may be confusing him with me... something I do often
	when dreaming about being a master blacksmith.  

	Ja... sher...