[TheForge] Possible return of Pure Iron to the USA

[Jerry Smith]

         If the price is right, I would buy 500 pounds or so. That's 226Kg, 
I can use sheets and rod.
The price being right isn't pennies on the pound, but if it is twice the 
price of good steel then it's not such a good deal.

Jerry

At 06:50 PM 11/6/2004, you wrote:
>I'm interested in square and round rod, but not in very large quantities. 
>I'd like to learn more.
>
>Mark
>Snow Hill, Maryland
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>Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 9:23 PM
>Subject: [TheForge] Possible return of Pure Iron to the USA
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>
>
>Anyone who got their hands on this material knows how wonderful it was to 
>work with.  But, just
>like many a good thing........the east coast importer stopped bring it to 
>the USA.  While it is true
>that it was expensive, but the ease of working with it more than made up 
>for the cost in reduced
>forging time.
>
>If there are enough people out there interested, the possibility of 
>importing it are very good.  Right
>now I have standing pre-orders for 5,000 lbs.  What needs to happen is 
>this number has to be more
>like 20,000 lbs in order to get a break on the shipping.
>
>So, if you are interested, please reply and pass this message on to others 
>who might be interested.
>
>In the mean time, check out the link:  http://www.pureiron.com/
>
>Regards,
>
>
>
>Rome Hutchings
>The Prairie Forge
>13633 Ferman Avenue NW
>Clearwater, MN 55320
>(763) 878-1694
>rome.hutchings at theprairieismygarden.com
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