[TheForge] Re: How tongs came to be (Talmud)

[Chris Worsley]

Right you are! " I never let the truth get in the way of a good story." 
  Even in this message.....Orlando Bloom fought Johnny Depp, not Jack 
Sparrow, but Will Turner did fight Jack Sparrow.
As in religious texts, reality gets confused with the story.

Chris - one who uses very thick wooden tooling for sinking, but I keep 
it wet when in use, and have never had to replace.

Ries Niemi wrote:

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> I dont see how this story is all that different from Orlando Bloom 
> fighting Jack Sparrow with a red hot sword he just forged.
> In other words- it was written to make a good story, by somebody who 
> has never actually gotten behind the curtain and seen how the Wizard 
> really does it.
> Even today, I know smiths who use wooden tooling, and just let it 
> burn, making new ones as needed.
> Glassblowers still blow some shapes into sacrificial wooden forms.
> Wet wooden tongs could be used to forge iron quite easily, quick and 
> easy to make from available materials.
>
> Now me, personally, I never let the truth get in the way of a good story. 

>  Ries Niemi

> Industrial Artist
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> http://www.RiesNiemi.com
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