[TheForge] Meteoric iron - wrap it in foil Plase end this string

[Andy Vida]

Dan Scheid wrote:

> And in the sprit of bring this back to forging. I have always found that the
> thought process that if  a knife is not made from the best materiel (for a
> knife) the knife will not work or is useless.

	"Useless" might go too far, but not optimal I would agree with.

> In history there a many
> wrought iron knifes (no steel) bronze and copper knives.

	But in their times, were they not made of the best materials
	available, according to the understanding of those times?  I
	am pretty confident that had they discovered a vein of D2 in
	the mine, they would have been eager and happy to use it. :)

	This is related to what I see as a somewhat silly notion about
	blacksmithing in general, when people say that it isn't real
	smithing if it isn't "traditional"?  What in blazes is that
	supposed to mean?

> will these knives
> last forever... no. Will they hold a edge for a long time... no. Will they
> cut and work for there job. yes. Sometime I feel we get suck in the modern
> world and forget that there are others that want more or a different view of
> a knife.

	And, as can be seen by this thread, cutting isn't always the
	purpose behind a given knife's design and/or manufacture.  I
	say you are right in that our thinking gets so used to coming
	from a given point of view that at times we become less than
	circumspect in judging the choices of others.  It seems to be a
	common enough human failing.  T'were it not so, I doubt we'd
	have troops in the places in which we have them.  Who knows, we
	might not even need troops, period. 

	-Andy