[TheForge] Re: visit to Louisville

[Doveknives at aol.com]

I would like to thank Larry Zoeller and Lewis Meyer for generously  allowing 
me to visit their shops today. 
   Larry is a really great and generous guy to visit.  It is  obvious that he 
genuinely wants to grow blacksmithing by helping others to be  able to get 
started in the art and to improve the working environment for those  of us who 
have been in the field for years.  Larry seems to be working on  several new 
burner designs as well as an easily made, affordable gas forge  design for those 
on a budget.
  Lewis Meyer works in one of the oldest blacksmith shops that I have  seen, 
with an amazing history of over one hundred years of operation.   There are 
old photos of smiths working and the original forges and tools are  truly 
fascinating.  Lewis is a freindly host as well as a creative artist  who allowed me 
to interupt his work to show me around and explain the history of  the shop he 
operates.
  Thank you Larry and Lewis for making my trip to Kentucky very  memorable.
 
Trusting HIM,
 Steve Rollert