[TheForge] Re: Artist-Blacksmith

[Mike Spencer]

> Say, I bet, within the next few years, there become a material
> available, probably plastic in nature(besides clay), that will forge
> exactly like steel, or is there?  I'd love to practice scrolls etc
> without the heat.

Well, not "exactly like steel", but you can do neat stuff with
lead, no heat required.  There's an extensive downside -- toxic dust,
thin bits sag, etc. -- but you can do some real nice work.  And the
ease of working it means that if you choose to mix your forge work and
your scotch tippling, the finger-loss-&-immanent-death index is
reduced by, oh, say, 50%.


- Mike

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