[TheForge] 5. Re: Hand cream

Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer artgawk at thegrid.net
Fri Mar 19 02:18:30 EDT 2010



Jerry Frost wrote:
> Mike:
> 
> I can't say about the firehose pants but my parka is darned fire resistant. 
> It is or was literally the same material as firehose cases and that stuff is 
> nearly bullet proof.
> 
> Truth to tell I haven't tried a pair of firehose pants myself but seeing as 
> Pete's tested them for us. . . maybe. <grin>
Correction...testing...no conclusions yet.
Except that the old tan carharts held stains and showed the dirt a lot 
better and i found that amusing.
So far, so good. And the frequent catalogs pass as firestarter.
Actually the only thing that
> kept me from buying a pair or two is my preference for cargo pockets. I 
> can't carry much of anything larger than a hanky in a hip pocket anymore or 
> sciatica will put me to bed for a while. I don't read the Duluth catalogues 
> very often so they may have put out cargo pocket firehose pants and I just 
> missed em.
> 
> Frosty the Lucky.
> -------------------------
> If it ain't forged
> It ain't real
> wrought iron is
> The Frostworks
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "CGRAF" <adveniam at att.net>
> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 3:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] 5. Re: Hand cream
> 
> 
>> ..also, some years back they changed the fabric so that it
>>>>> became much less wear and flame resistant.
>>>>>
>>>> _____
>> How do the Firehose clothes rate in this area?
>> I've toasted a couple of carharts on my firepot.
>>
>> Mike Graf
> 
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