[TheForge] OT (?) What's this?

Sat Feb 2 13:11:38 EST 2008

Isn't there a skinning technique that involves hanging say, a 
dear little bunnie, by it's Achilles tendon and jerking the skin 
down and off? Or skinning certain fish in a similar way?
And if you had a bag full of them to hang, skin and process might 
the hooks conveniently swing aside to let you process the next 
innocent?...pf

GRAF wrote:
> The hooks from a fixed device would not necessarily hook into the meat 
> itself, but rather be a suspension point for a hook stuck into the meat.
> 
> Mike Graf
> 
> Saint Phlip wrote:
>> I tend to agree with you, but I also know Johnna usually has a pretty
>> good eye. I dunno what she's talking about- I don't have that book.
>> Will fwd your comments along to her.
>>
>> On Feb 2, 2008 12:12 AM, Peter Hirst <saltydog335 at aol.com> wrote:
>>  
>>> These hooks are way to thick, heavy, small and dull for meat of any 
>>> kind,
>>> whether as adangle hook, smoker, meat locker, whatever.  So what do 
>>> the ones
>>> in the book lok like?  Do they bolt overhead and fit into something 
>>> like a
>>> hardie hole on the bottom?  Are they this short and thick?  Close 
>>> together?
>>> A dangle spit was made to hang from a crane or tripod.  Is there a 
>>> picture
>>> of one that bolts on?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Saint Phlip" <phlip at 99main.com>
>>>
>>> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 12:03 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT (?) What's this?
>>>
>>>
>>>    
>>>> Johnna said, don't look at the ones on line, look in the book she
>>>> suggested. Apparently the ones on line are nothing like the picture
>>>> she has.
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 1, 2008 11:02 PM, Peter Hirst <saltydog335 at aol.com> wrote:
>>>>      
>>>>> http://www.cjforge.net/
>>>>>
>>>>> Still don't think so
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Saint Phlip" <phlip at 99main.com>
>>>>> To: <rich at maynard.org.uk>; "Sponsored by ABANA"
>>>>> <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:56 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT (?) What's this?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>        
>>>>>> OK, Rich, a librarian friend posted the following:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I suspect that it might be a dangle spit. See Rachel Field's Irons in
>>>>>> the Fire. 1984.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> He may have access to the book in the UK. I bought it while we lived
>>>>>> there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or suggest that he send the photos to the V&A and ask them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   *
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> Johnna
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 31, 2008 7:44 AM, Rich Maynard <rich at maynard.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>          
>>>>>>> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=87544&l=a169b&id=16076225390
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Found in the restoration work at my forge. The last village 
>>>>>>> blacksmith
>>>>>>> was a
>>>>>>> bit of a hoarder so no guarantee it's a blacksmithing tool of any
>>>>>>> kind!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Richard Maynard - Artist Blacksmith
>>>>>>> The Forge, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire SG10 6BS
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> rich at muchhadhamforge.co.uk
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>>>>>> Heat it up
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>>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Heat it up
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>>>>
>>>> Priorities:
>>>>
>>>> It's the smith who makes the tools, not the tools which make the smith.
>>>>
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