[TheForge] Rare book going fast

Sat Apr 3 13:37:00 2004

In a message dated 4/2/2004 8:18:29 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:
I checked out the site ya recommended an there wasn't a $10.50, but 
there was a $25. Whne I tried to buy it, it said it had been sold, 
so I went to the nex one up an it was $30 an they went higher from 
there. So it does sound like there are othe "Dirty Dawgs" out there. 
Mite even be "Wolves". ... :o) TEX
Tex
I've seen this kind of thing before. About four years ago Ron Reil 
recommended an out of print book (Wrought Ironwork: Forms, Production, Assembly) on his 
website, which I jumped right on ordering after getting home from work. Being 
on the West coast, I was several hours too late. The dozen or so copies he had 
found were long gone. Amazon.com finally found me a copy about a year later. 
Since then it has become even scarcer. So, the next generation of would-be 
ornamental iron workers can just wait until mine dies off and our widows sell the 
"junk" we've accumulated, for a copy. They should start becoming available 
again about 2024.

Update: Amazon.com has one use copy of this 8" x 5" 97 page book in 
acceptable condition available for a mere $85 dollars. Appalling isn't it? Yet, for 
anyone interested in wrought ironwork, it's still a bargain. I don't allow my 
copy to leave the room. Why? Because this is an original source--the only one 
left--of the same information being taught in expensive blacksmith courses, which 
people (who can afford them) have to give up their vacations for, while 
flying off to stay someplace you couldn't otherwise pay them to visit.

Truly, when it comes to the Net, If you snooze, you loose (and the clock is 
ticking. Going... going...)
Mikey
(thought you guys mitht want to know too)

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