[TheForge] Pure Iron vs. Cast Iron add Double Aught Wrought

[Bruce Freeman]

I'd like to get my hands on more 00Fe, and would willingly pay $1/lb
for half a ton or so.  The catch, of course, is WHERE is it?  Shipping
could be a tidy piece.

Bruce

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Larry Brown <lp.brown at verizon.net> wrote:
> I liked the Double Aught, bought a hand full from Roger and would probably
> buy more if I was going near where it was being sold. Told me he was working
> on getting more people to supply it a few months before he died.
>  Too bad, another good guy gone too soon
>  Larry Brown
>
>
>
>
>  At 02:02 PM 3/28/2008 -0400, you wrote:
>
> > Many of you know that Mike S. sold his Pure Iron inventory to Roger
> Duncan,
> > a now deceased member of the Blacksmith Guild of Central Maryland. After
> > Roger sold off a bunch of the Pure Iron he scouted out a mill to produce
> > smaller sizes of a similar product he named Double Aught Wrought Iron.
> Roger
> > went to many local events selling this and unfortunately died before all
> of
> > the inventory was sold. Over the past 3-4 years Roger's son has had
> several
> > people act as a broker to sell the inventory of Double Aught Wrought. Mean
> > while there are still some 5000lbs of 1/4" x 3/4" x 5' pieces left. Now
> > Roger's son is subdividing the  farm and donated the inventory to a local
> > nonprofit group. I got a call last week from the director of the nonprofit
> > all excited that he's got 5000 lbs of "Blacksmith's Iron". They were
> excited
> > because they gave Roger's son a receipt for $6/pound for the donation and
> > they thought they would be able to sell it for that to all of the area
> > blacksmiths. I explained to him that Roger had already done a good
> marketing
> > job in the area and most of us had more Double Aught than we would ever
> use.
> > I explained that Double Aught was a Boutique product that  wasn't in high
> > demand and he might want to lower the price, get rid of the inventory and
> > move on. So I think that's where it stands. As of this week he is planning
> > to come to Blacksmith Days of the Blacksmith Guild of Central Maryland in
> > Westminster, MD, May 17 and 18 with a trailer load of Double Aught Wrought
> > at a greatly reduced price, probably in the $1/pound range. I have no
> > interest in this except that I have used it and it is easy to use and
> soft.
> > I will post more when I hear more.
> >
>
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Bruce
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