[TheForge] gloves

[peter fels]

Jason...
You need you find a left handed smith.
On Apr 2, 2011, at 11:45 AM, Jason Nass wrote:

> I think the important thing with wearing gloves is that if you do, you don't
> fall into the false sense of security they offer... I use one on my offhand
> sometimes when whatever I am working with is just a tad too hot to hold
> barehanded, or if I have to have my hand close to the fire... but I am also
> very aware of the possible need to ditch the glove in a hurry if it is
> getting too hot. Perhaps I'll buy a pair offa Ralph next time I am down at
> his shop.
> 
> Jason Nass - MacTalis Ironworks
> me at wargoth.com
> 
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> On 3/31/2011 12:40 PM, David Childress wrote:
>> Most smiths I know use
>> just one glove on their off hand.  The glove just lets them know that 
>> they are about to be burned before they are cooked, it is kind of like 
>> a fuse.  The glove may be trash but it saves on the burn cream.
>> 
> I wear gloves on occasion, leather.   They let me take a little more 
> heat when doing chisel work or when holding a shorter iron.  The reason that
> I don't put gloves on students is that they have the wrong instincts and are
> often too absorbed in a single aspect of what they are 
> doing and not paying attention to where all their body parts are.   I 
> teach them to hover their hand over any piece of steel in the smithy before
> picking it up.  If it is black heat you will generally sense it.  
> Even if you don't, then your reflexes will generally work as designed 
> and remove your body part before serious damage is done.   If they are 
> wearing a glove they can't get their hand out fast enough to prevent 
> more serious burns.   Leather has a thousandth of the heat conductivity 
> of aluminum, but its heat capacity is about the same, so once it makes it
> through the layers of leather, it is hot hot hot and even after you drop the
> iron, the heat will continue to build on the inside face of the glove as it
> migrates from heat saturated outer layer while you dance around trying to
> remove it.
> 
> Charles
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