[TheForge] Finish on a fork

Tue Jan 7 01:04:01 2003

>At 15:52 01/06/03 -0700, you wrote:
>> I did like you guys said.  I coated my fork in vegi-oil, wiped it off and 
>> threw it in the oven for half an hour at 400 deg.  When I pulled it out it 
>> had an amber colored film all over.  I went ahead and steel-wolled it off 
>> cause it was kind of tacky.  Should I have left this on or did I do right?
>> It feels smooth now, I dont know, never done this before.
>
>  That amber tacky stuff was the polymerizing oil.  I'd have left it on, but 
>  you may have left a reasonably useful layer of the polymerized oil 
>  there.  Let it go a while and see if it works.  If not, do it again, but 
>  leave the sticky piece out for a while and it may harden some more.

Too complicated.  Eat a pork chop with it.  Lick off any knobby bits.
Wipe it on your jeans.  It should do fine.  Just don't leave it soak
in ther dishpan overnight.

I have a commecially made black iron table knife and fork -- wooden
slab handles with zinc (?) trim from (maybe?) mid or late 1800s.  A
little pork fat seems to keep them fine if they're stored in a dry
place.

(Anybody know when this style of cutlery was made?  Phlip? )

- Mike

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