[TheForge] A36 vs 1018

[Andrew Vida]

GRAF wrote:
> Which is why I go to the small guy who actually wants my business.
> I do pay a bit more because they do not have the buying advantage that 
> the big boys have.
> It is worth the trade off.

	And this is a lesson that blacksmiths really need to learn, as well as 
most of the rest of the population.  Price is usually not the best 
arbiter of choice.  IMO a more circumspect position is good not only for 
oneself, but for others as well.  The WalMart mentality, as I like to 
call it, has gone far in bringing harm to much of the world.  It 
certainly helped ruin the US economy.