[TheForge] A recipe for Emperor Wilson...

[gblacksmith]

Philip:  What has been your level of success as RennFaires?  I throw this 
question out to all hands.  What are the associated costs vs. what folks buy 
there, and price points.  Do you think there is a market for handmade rondel 
& quillion daggers?  What other accessories do they like?  In short, what is 
the best way to make the RennFaire circuit work?   Grant
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phlip" <phlip at 99main.com>
To: <rwilson9 at twcny.rr.com>; "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] A recipe for Emperor Wilson...


>
> Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
>
>> So what have you been making of late, Lady Phlip?  BTW, I love the period
> sunglasses in that pic of you and John...<G>
>
> Actually, sunglasses are quite perion, although not quite those frames ;-)
>
> Mostly, at the moment, I'm making stuff for the RennFaire. Trying to get
> some 5/8 sq cut to make up some tripods, as well as more period-looking
> tie-downs, etc for my shelter (although the shelter itself is thoroughly
> modern- still, a bit at a time ;-) My roommate, Rob, was going to hacksaw
> the 5/8 for me, but yesterday he flipped the car and tore up his left arm
> pretty badly, so I'm looking for alternives to me and the hacksaw ;-) If 
> it
> were just one or two, I'd go ahead and do it, or heat it and cut it on the
> hardy (which I just made) but 6 of them? It's too damned hot ;-) I need
> either a cut-off saw, a band saw, or an apprentice who lives a bit closer
> than Alaron does ;-)
>
> And, my friend Oso just sent me over some stainless steel wire, so I can
> experiment with pattern welded billets. I'd have been happy finding some
> just plain steel wire, but if this is what he suggests, considering the
> quality of his work, I'm all for it ;-)
>
>> I fired up the coal forge about a week ago to beat a machete out of a
> chunk of old leaf spring.  The brush in my sidelot had grown up so much 
> even
> the powered reel on the brush hog couldn't knock it down.
>>
>> Tips on lighting up a coal forge that's been dormant over 2 years in
> upstate NY:
>>
>> 1)  Make SURE you've chased out ALL the skunks that took up residence in
> the pedastal box.
>
> Hee hee hee ;-)
>
>> 2)  Raccoons find the chimney and flue of forges to be excellent breeding
> creches.
>
> Better neighbors than skunks, all things considered, unless you have
> chickens ;-)
>
>> 3)  Water left in covered quench buckets for more than a year gets 
>> STOLEN!
>>
>> <G>
>>
>>
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>> Emperor Wilson
>
> Funny how that works ;-)
>
> My roommates finally let me get a dog, a beautiful husky bitch, with blue
> eyes, 3 years old. I had rather a naming contest here on TheForge (her 
> name
> was originally "Precious"- 'nuff said) and I owe someone here a beer when
> finally we meet. FYI, guys, I've named her "Swage" but I'm using the
> Medieval French spelling (gee, wonder why ;-) so her Official New Name is
> "Souage" ;-)
>
> She's a love, although almost completely untrained- we've been working on
> that. Every morning, we go for a walk- good for both of us- and at the
> halfway point, there's a pond with ducks and geese. Got permission from 
> the
> owners to use the flat ground in front of it to train her, so in another
> couple days, when she's a little better at walking on lead, we'll start up
> formal training. Meantime, today, I took her with me in the truck, while I
> ran errands. She did very well, whatever I asked, once I showed her what I
> wanted. Dunno for sure, but with her basic good manners, and her willing
> attitude, I just might have a good obediance dog ;-)
>
> Now you're single again, don't chase too many wild women ;-)
>
> And, when are you coming to Pennsic? We could use another cranky old smith
> to learn from ;-)
>
> Saint Phlip,
> CoD
>
> "When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
> Blacksmith's credo.
>
> If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> cat.
>
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
>
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