[TheForge] Re: Sad Day in my Shop.

Mike Linn bamablacksmith at comcast.net
Fri Nov 30 19:57:46 EST 2007


I really like that idea ...     :^)


Mike Spencer wrote:
> Nail them to a post in your shop.  Every blacksmith should have
> something inexplicable -- preferably numerous such things things --
> propped, hung, welded, nailed or otherwise exhibited about the shop.
> Watch people be afraid to ask why there is a sandal nailed to the
> wall.  Have a good yarn ready for those few who can work up the
> courage to ask.  As you age and the sandal(s) get even more ancient
> and grimy with forge dust, the yarn will expand and grow and adapt.
>
> Gee, do I have to tell you young guys *everything*?
>
> :-)
> - Mike
-- 
Mike Linn
Artisan Blacksmith
McCalla, AL



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