[TheForge] "Official" news from ABANA

[Saint Phlip]

On 2/20/07, GHS <GHS at execpc.com> wrote:
> Saint Phlip wrote:
>
> >
> > Dave, the resurgence in blacksmithing came from blacksmiths, not
> > ABANA. I was a blacksmith (farrier, actually) long before I heard of
> > ABANA. Please actually READ my "Priorities" signature line.
> >
> Phlip,
> Step back one more pace and I think you will see that you both are correct.
> ABANA came from the smithing community. It was the tool that it used to
> create a number of the things we now use,including this list.
>
> The question now is which tools are broken and/or outdated.
>
> Mike Graf

Agreed, Mike, actually. ABANA IS the tool, but it's gotten battered
and reshaped- a normal consequence of use. But, the ABANA board
members seem to think that ABANA is _BLACKSMITHING_

I think the board needs to start rethinking, and they're going to have
to do it on a very basic level, rather than the cosmetic changes they
think they're going to make. If ABANA doesn't do the job, then ABANA
ain't gonna be around. As to whether it gets tossed on the scrap pile,
or reforged into something useful, is entirely up to ABANA.

-- 
Saint Phlip

Heat it up
Hit it hard
Repent as necessary.

Priorities:

It's the smith who makes the tools, not the tools which make the smith.