[TheForge] Jesse James and Hofi

Fri Dec 16 15:37:46 EST 2011

Or Ron Covell. 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net> 
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 11:43:32 AM 
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Jesse James and Hofi 

Want to see english wheel work?  Wray Schelin is the man.  None better 
on the planet.  I would go so far as to say he rewrote the book on the 
english wheel and is pretty well responsible to its revival as a tool in 
the automobile restoration biz.  His shop is cool - builds his own 
english wheels.  Compared to what is commercially available, his are 
rude beasts.  Large, heavy, and very rigid compared to anything else. 

I watched Wray raise an annealed aluminum panel into something 
resembling a bowl.  He then challenged the notion of "work hardening" 
and proceeded to take the now-stiff aluminum and return it to almost 
dead flat and soft as it had been.  I must confess that had I not 
watched him do it hisownself I would have thought him taking too many 
sips off the jug. 

Wray also holds classes on this sort of work.  It really is an amazing 
craft. 

On 12/16/2011 9:53 AM, Mark and Sylvia Mondloch wrote: 
> I enjoyed the show for what it was. I can't imagine how many young people 
> learned a little about blacksmithing and may now want to try it. I also 
> liked watching him use his English wheel and Yoder(sp) hammer. 
> 
> 
> 
> Mark and Sylvia Mondloch 
> Silver Creek Pottery&  Forge 
> mondloch at silvercreekpottery.com 
> www.silvercreekpottery.com 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: dicksplint at aol.com 
> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 2:24 AM 
> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net 
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Jesse James and Hofi 
> 
> 
> What a joke.  Jesse James a blacksmith.  I've been doing this long enough I 
> don't need someone to tell me or show me how to swing a hammer.  These so 
> called experts might be able to blow smoke up someone else's butt.  It's all 
> show and no go and another way to take your money.  What a waste of my time 
> and your money.  What makes any hammer better then another.  The only 
> differences is this guy convinced you somehow other wise and you got to have 
> his hammer if you want to do it his way. What's wrong with doing it your 
> way?  Why not make your own hammer if you can't buy one of the thousands off 
> the shelf that could work for you for alot less money.  This guy isn't 
> traveling around or doing anything for free.  I'm sure James wasn't thought 
> anything from Hofi for free.  I wouId waste a penny buying anything either 
> of these guys were selling.  If I swing a hammer one way and it hurts I stop 
> doing it that way.  I haven't seen anything from Hofi or James I'm impressed 
> with.  It's al 
> l bull crap.  I have better things to do then watch any of it on TV.  A 
> friend called to tell me Jesse James was on TV calling himself a blacksmith. 
> I could only watch about 5 minutes worth until I was about ready to upchuck. 
> 
> Richard 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Vincent_Nakovics<Vincent_Nakovics at nps.gov> 
> To: theforge<theforge at mailman.qth.net> 
> Sent: Wed, Dec 14, 2011 10:30 am 
> Subject: [TheForge] Jesse James and Hofi 
> 
> 
> Hi Guys, 
>    While Hofi may be the smith du jour, the hammer techniques he talks 
> bout were taught to me as a kid long before I ever thought of using an 
> nvil by my neighbor who was a cabinet maker. Say late 1960's. As far as JJ 
> eing a blacksmith - I am quite sure that this episode made them both loads 
> f cash. More power to them. The benefit is that a lot of folks who would 
> ever have looked at an anvil might give it a whirl and who knows... the 
> ext Nol Putnam, Yellin, Colnik, etc might be out there watching. JJ 
> ertainly didn't re-invent blacksmithing, but it sure has been fun reading 
> nd talking about the show. 
> erry Christmas and Happy New Year! 
> hanks for keeping this blog running! 
> est Regards, 
> Vince 
> 
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