[TheForge] phillip simmons anvil ring

[Jerry Frost]

That's perfect, thanks. I'll get the local guys to 
participate at 9:30am AK time and explain what we're 
doing to whoever else is there.

3 rings of the anvil is I think more appropriate too. 
It isn't about where you're from or what your specialty 
may be, it's about ringing the spirit of a passed 
blacksmith on to whatever is on the other side. Be it 
done for the night or done for good, it's like playing 
taps.

Thanks again. We'll be on it.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


From: "CGRAF" <adveniam at att.net>


> James Davis wrote:
>> well said ..I guess it's on for 1:30 EST  the only 
>> question is how many rings I've seen 3 and 8 
>> whats everyones take
>>
>>
>> Jim Davis
>>
>
> 8 rings is fine for this time. As a tradition the 
> rational becomes a bit
> much if someone from say Alaska or Hawaii is being 
> commemorated.
>
> If we wish to promote such things I like the three 
> ring rational better,
> end of the day and all that. The symbolism just works 
> better, and we
> need not rework the idea when someone from Germany, 
> or Japan is the honoree.
>
> On a side note I have thought at various times 
> starting with Bill Pieh's
> funeral that it would have been appropriate for each 
> smith present to
> have rung an anvil at the wake.
>
> Mike Graf
>