[TheForge] suggestion for abana and local blacksmith groups.

[John Husvar]

terry l. ridder wrote:
> hello;
> 
> perhaps abana and/or the local blacksmith groups could arrange a
> head-to-head demo of the petrogen oxy-gasoline torch, the opetrol
> oxy-gasoline torch, the all-states oxy-propane torch, and a
> oxy-acetylene torch. sort of like the olympics of oxy-fuel torches.
> 

How about seeing if Consumer Reports, AWS or another consumer testing 
organization or industry association would take on the testing?

I wonder a bit if manufacturers would be enthusiastic about a 
head-to-head for one thing. Testing would have to take into account the 
advertised design purposes of each product for another.

Direct competitions could have significant consequences for the 
manufacturers, such as lost business, or legal ramifications for the 
testers, especially if the manufacturers could legitimately claim the 
tests were not direct comparisons, apples to apples.

Maybe a kind of decathlon, to demonstrate the suitability of each torch 
for the most common smithing/fabricating/demolition tasks?

IIRC the Petrogen is mainly advertised as a demolition tool, for example.