[TheForge] suggestion for abana and local blacksmith groups.

[GHS]

If this were done not as a competition, but just a dedicated show, it 
might work.
As to potential business loss, I doubt it.

Each of these torches will have strong and weak points, and will suit 
one person more than another. I doubt if, within their advertised 
special attributes, any will be beat able.

The petrogen and the Henrob are very different tools.

Although it would be fun to see a Mecho and a Henrob next to each other 
in booths.

Mike Graf

John Husvar wrote:

> 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.
> 
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