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

[Larry Brown]

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.