[TheForge] Vance Baker ?

[Bob Ehrenberger]

Dave,

When you say that Vance Baker is gone, do you mean he is no longer on the 
list, or he is dead?

I don't remember hearing of his passing.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net


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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:00:53 -0400
From: "David E. Smucker" <davesmucker at hotmail.com>
Subject: [TheForge] Fw:  Hay cutter blades.
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My guess -- and it is a guess is that they are 5160.  Very tough, will hold
a good edge and not likely to shatter.  Bush Hog blades are often 5160.
Much larger than these but they same kind of service.  (5160 is a typical
high service truck leaf spring steel.)

About 5 or 6 years ago, Vance Baker, now gone, got a large supply of the
5160 blades that he gave to the Folk School.  They had a dimensional error
in manufacture and were scraped, but nothing wrong with the steel.  Very
useful for tools.  An oil quenching steel.

Dave Smucker
Brasstown, NC