[TheForge] Re: Protective gear

[Charle B Vincent]

Mike Spencer wrote:

>zOh, yeah.  The hot-carving glove.  A couple of times I blistered my
>hand right through a heavy leather glove when holding various chisels,
>punches etc. close to 2" dia. that I was hot carving. 
>
The worst burn I have had doing blacksmithing was when a chisel I was 
carving the edge of a piece of red hot iron slipped, my chisel hand of 
course followed the arc and the meat on the outside of my hand made 
contact.  Sounded just like steak being dropped on the grill. It 
smarted, and took a while to heal , but as with all the burns I have 
gotten smithing, it didn't seem to bother me near as much as those 
garnered at campfires and cooking.   I have stareted wearing  glove on 
my chisel hand now.

Charles