[TheForge] tools

[Jerry Frost]

Exactly my point Pete.

There're few things that'll give a person a feeling of 
confidence than being able to do good work with little 
or nothing. I don't know of many professions(persuits, 
etc.) that have the same degree of bootstrapability as 
blacksmithing.

The story of my most successful improvised smithy is in 
a following post.

Love the guitar story. The times that kind of thing 
happened to me are what drives me. May your great good 
fortune carry on throughout your life.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.

http://www.artmetalradio.com/

From: "Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer" 
<artgawk at thegrid.net>


>A sweet little bedtime story indeed.
> The point being, that it's altogether possible to 
> step into blacksmithing with almost no money , using 
> materials found abandoned in the dirt.
> Back in my hippie days, I had a cheap greenwood 
> Tijuana guitar that i tried to play from time to time 
> and didn't get all that far. I blamed it on the lousy 
> guitar.
> One day a famous flaminco guitarist was out slumming 
> and came to visit. He picked up that guitar, and 
> suddenly stunningly wonderful music filled the room. 
> Then he put it down and grinned.
> All this to say;
> It ain't the tools that are  most of the 
> problem....Pete F
>