[TheForge] Possible return of Pure Iron to the USA

[Bruce Freeman]

Bob,
If you've still got it, try it side-by side with a piece of mild steel.
 If you're lucky, you'll get some old 1010 or such, and you MIGHT not
see much difference.  Really test it by making a spatula with an
intricate handle from a single 5" to 6" piece.  With the pure iron,
you'll easily be able to upset that thin stock back to 1/4" square, and
also to flatten it out to a lovely spatula.  This seems as much due to
its wide forging range (almost room temperature  to yellow) as to the
softness of the material.
Bruce
NJ

>>> schade at acegroup.cc 11/7/2004 8:12:23 AM >>>
I've never tried 'pure iron'. I did try to buy some at LaCrosse a
couple of years ago but all that the guy had was like 1/8"x 3/4".
This size material is already pretty easy to forge.

If the stuff is as easy to forge as everyone says you could save
yourself some inventory by only stocking larger sizes. They
could then be forged down for a project. It seems like 3/4"
square/round, 1/2"x1"flat, 1' square/round, would cover most small
shop purposes.

Bob
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On Nov 6, 2004, at 5:50 PM, Mark Williams 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
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rome Hutchings" 
> <rome.hutchings at theprairieismygarden.com>
> To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 9:23 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] Possible return of Pure Iron to the USA
>
>
>
> 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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