[TheForge] Shortcut Sword? & now Casting

[Ed F]

Thanks for that Larry, I agree wholeheartedly with all that you wrote.  I'd
also add a further explanation that not only is it easier, it's profitable.
People lost self reliance because it's easier, but also because it's
required for profitable mass production of goods.  I think it's all about
how industrialization is handled, and if you look at it in that light, we're
not so much different from the old Soviet system.  But I'll step down from
the soapbox at this point.

If you're interested in casting you should know about Frank Heidelberg (
(651) 271-5506).  He and his crew travel around Minnesota and beyond doing 3
day workshops.  My Son, Wife, and I all had an absolute blast at one he did
in St. Cloud.  I'm helping him at this next one in Bemidji.

Ed



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From: <LLesniak@aol.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Shortcut Sword?


> In a message dated 11/4/2003 6:39:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> osan@netlabs.net writes:
> There are very few American kids that can do the same today, and I
>     firmly believe that they are strongly, if tacitly, encouraged to be as
>     completely helpless as possible; grows em up into pliable adults.  I
find
>     it sad, not to mention something of disgusting, but that is the world
in
>     which we live.  It's that way because people want it that way. It's
easy
>     that way.  It's convenient.  It's simple.  It's without real
> accountability
>     for parents.
>
>     Such is life, I suppose.
> I'm just a lurker on the list, hoping to get started in blacksmithing some
> day soon.  But this comment is so right on the mark that I had to add my
two
> cents.  Yes, our society in general encourages young and old alike to
become
> helpless and rely on someone else...anyone else!  We've set aside
important skills
> and have turned our collective back on the value of becoming well-rounded
> individuals.  I refuse to let this happen to my two sons.  I don't want
them to
> grow up to be helpless, incapable, and pliable.  I want them to be strong,
> decisive, and self-reliant.  I make every effort to teach them to be
responsible
> for themselves and their actions, to be able to care for themselves and to
> understand that they should care for others, and to see the value and
> accomplishment in doing things with their own hands and minds.  We engage
in lots of
> interesting hobbies (hoping to add blacksmithing and casting soon!) and
they've
> become reasonably capable in many areas from cooking and basic auto care
to
> woodworking and playing a variety of musical instruments.  They're both
A/B
> students, Cub Scouts, play on sports teams (soccer season just
ended...basketball's
> next), and are respectful young men.  I'm very proud of them, and I'm
certainly
> not interested in relieving myself of accountability for their upbringing.
> If our society's in trouble, then the solutions start at home.  We're
trying to
> do our part here...and so far it's working out very well.
>
> Larry
>
>
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