[TheForge] Re: Demonstration and Pricing

[Peter Hirst]

Hay, they really are!!  i was half kidding.  Little did I know.  Yes, looks 
like I could actually use a  pattern now!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Spencer" <mspencer at tallships.ca>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 11:18 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Re: Demonstration and Pricing


>
>> By the way, anyone know of any sheep related iron stuff?....
>> Sheep bells?
>
>    http://www.nocbay.com/store/bells.html
>
> Somewhere around here I have patterns for ox and horse bells that I
> got from Freeland Minard of Barss Corner, NS [1] in the early 70s.  I
> should find those patterns, scan them and put them on the web.  RSN.
> Sheep bells look to be about half way between them in size.
>
>> Have often been asked to do spinning needles. A small(6" long) wire
>> w/ hook on the end to grab the yarn and pull thru a small hole.
>
> My wife spins.  She borrowed a pair of pliers and made her own.
>
> Years ago, one of the guys here made an iron spinning wheel, quite a
> nice piece of work, that was rejected at a prestigious show because
> "spinning wheels aren't made of iron, you know."
>
>
> - Mike
>
> [1] He was about 90 then and was the master that Arch McKnight of
>    Milton, NS  apprenticed with.  Arch was closing in on 70 at
>    that time.
>
>    There are photos of both these now departed smiths in _Older
>    Ways_ by Peter Barss but I'm pretty sure it's out of print.
>
>    Photo of Arch McKnight's shop, now restored as a museum.
>
>        http://www.queens.ca/dynimages/photo-blacksmithshop.gif
>
>    I believe they said they had cataloged 30,000 objects and still
>    had boxes and boxes of stuff to go through.  Yup.
>
>
> -- 
> Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada       .~.
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