[TheForge] Wealth is wasted on the rich

[xlch58 at swbell.net]

Thinking further, as you will remember, Edward II was the king who would 
be craftsman, you see what it got him............

Charles

xlch58 at swbell.net wrote:

> Rich or poor, those of us with a compulsion to create are outnumbered 
> by those with a compulsion to consume.   I have met many well to do 
> with amazing shops, but percentage wise a small group.   If the rich 
> are more poorly represented in the ranks of artisians, it is likely 
> because when you are born rich you have little enough exposure and 
> less encouragement in those pursuits as you are trained in the ways of 
> managing your eventual wealth.  If you make your own fortune, it is 
> unlikely your the type that will back up a half mile and snarl up 
> traffic for an odd length of rebar, or spend hours staring at dead 
> vines on the fence in winter sorting out in your head the best and 
> minimal way to mimic them in iron.  
> Charles
>
> Patricia Draper wrote:
>
>> Tim Kris, of Brasstown NC is doing what I would do. He has collected 
>> some of the most impressive blacksmith tools and created a small 
>> museum, and has built a proper British pub with a nine-foot 
>> fireplace.  The fireplace decor has been forged by likes of Peter 
>> Ross, Jerry Darnell and George Dixon. The front door was made by Tom 
>> Latane with a dog foot door knocker and a gothic lock.  It is a place 
>> where blacksmith friends visiting or taking a class at the John C. 
>> Campbell Folk school (1/2 mile away) can come and relax and 
>> socialize.  Yup, that is what I would do.  Bill
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