[TheForge] Sheath leather OT:

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

It's hard to imagine a less probable forum
for a discussion amongst shoe dandies.
Delightful to see stereotypes violated!

Reis: i've been forging some of your naval bronze,
and coming to see why you like it.
Sure is amenable to the hammer
within it's tight temperature range.



On Aug 18, 2014, at 11:25 AM, Paul N wrote:

I think Frank had a thing for python boots or the occasional tennis shoe

 


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From: Ries Niemi <ries at riesniemi.com>
To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Sheath leather


I have been buying green shoes lately, or red.
I do have one pair of brown shoes, but they are made from Carpincho, the world's largest rodent- I think Frank would probably approve of that.

ries


On Aug 18, 2014, at 8:28 AM, Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net> wrote:

> I think about that song every time I get a pair of brown shoes. Makes me want to kill myself.
> 
> Damn you Frank Zappa.
> 
> I miss him.
> 
> 
> On 8/18/14, 9:06 AM, Ries Niemi wrote:
>> Personally, I ould take a pink leather couch any day over a brown one. But then, I have never been much of a "Brown Shoe" kind of guy- my mind was corrupted by Frank Zappa singing "Brown Shoes Don't Make It- Quit School, Why Fake It",  waaay back in 1967.
>> I bought that record, Absolutely Free, when it came out, and it ruined me for life.
>> I never wear brown shoes.
>> 
>> Ries
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 18, 2014, at 4:37 AM, Ron Childers <ron at munlaw.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Let not your heart be troubled; it will succumb to a copious application of dark brown leather dye.
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: TheForge [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer
>>> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 7:51 PM
>>> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
>>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Sheath leather
>>> 
>>> Good thing i'm a little red-green colorblind. I suspect it'll end up under a fabric cover.
>>> 
>>> The humpback whales are performing out in front just now.
>>>