[TheForge] Re: File Making, sniffing up wrought iron

[Andrew Vida]

 From my perspective it is a shame that nobody is making it anymore.  It 
has some very good qualities and I would imagine it would be a lot less 
costly than stainless.  I guess some of the troublesome working 
characteristics made it unworthy of further consideration.

ries wrote:
> As I understand it, this type of pipe was the last product made of real 
> wrought iron, and was made at least into the early 70's.
> I have heard the last mill making it was in Sweden.
> It had certain chemical plant uses that kept in production until various 
> alloys of stainless and newer metals finally did it in in the mid 70's.
>