[TheForge] Re: Conspiracy of silence

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

The irony being that charcoal would be the authentic fuel of the period, 
is used by millions of folks on the old barbie every summer, and aren't 
less safe than pressurized gas forges. Quack....PF

Dann Johnson wrote:
> 
> As I  remember,  the Kansas City Renn Faire made them use LP gas  5 or 
> so years ago.  The Faire blacksmiths had set up a conventional looking 
> forge with "faux charcoal" forge heated by gas. Some members of BAM can 
> probably give more details.   They did the same thing to the glass 
> blowers, etc.  L.P. Gas was considered "safe", with out risk of  air 
> quality.
> Dann
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> Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer writes:
> 
>> Yes, the Celts had gas, bad.
>> magichammer wrote:
>>
>>> Celtic gas forges?
>>> Michael Horgan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Busy week, here, Pete. Just starting to set up for the 43rd Annual 
>>>> Southern California Renaissance Faire. New site this year at the 
>>>> Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale. Setting up the Celt Clan camp, but we 
>>>> still don't know if we'll be able to forge. Current rules say no 
>>>> fires. Hopefully we can get by with a gas forge.
>>>> At 06:57 PM 3/19/2005, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> A blacksmith's conspiracy of silence...they all know about it but 
>>>>> us...we may be violating taboos of which we are ignorant and 
>>>>> they'll take our hammers away....gosh...PF
>>>>
>>>>  
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>>>>
>>>> Michael D. Horgan , lughaid at earthlink.net
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>>>> posting from
>>>>  A BRAZEN FORGERY
>>>> Blacksmithing and Metalwork
>>>> Claremont, Ca.
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