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

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Bruce,

Thomas Moore, a member of PABA, had a stock of double aught. He is in eastern PA but I don't have a phone number handy.

Mark Williams
Snow Hill, Maryland

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Bruce Freeman" <freemab222 at gmail.com> 

> 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 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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