[TheForge] fire steels

[Lynn Emrich]

When I first read this post my thought was that someone had learned a term and saw a place to use it. Not that they knew 'of what they speak'. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. (?)
Lynn


----- Original Message ----
From: Phil <mobjak at yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 6, 2008 7:21:57 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] fire steels

Didn't I say that a month ago?  Is there an echo in
here?  =8-)

--- Bob Ehrenberger <eforge at centurytel.net> wrote:

> I know this ran it's course a month or so ago, but
> at the BAM conference we 
> had a couple smiths from colonial Williamsburg
> demonstrating so I asked them 
> about fire steels.  They said that as far as they
> knew they were made from 
> solid steel and not steel welded to wrought iron.
> 
> I guess there is always a chance that it could have
> been done the other way, 
> but that would not have been common.
> 
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net


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