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Originally Posted by maddog  I love making tongs. Something special about it. I still have the first pair I made years ago. Actually, the first pair I kept, many died still born before that. I look at them every now and then to remind myself how far I have progressed. Making tongs uses all the basic smithing techniques. Its a great exercise and you end up with something useful. Professional smiths sometimes say its not cost effective to make your own tongs when you could be making stuff to sell. I say thats their problem. Im doing this to have fun and making tongs rox  |
a man after my own heart
i've sunk $1000s into my smithing hobby...even if i never get a single dollar back i won't regret it
and tongs rock! i love making tongs...a thing of beauty...deceptively simple in form and function...yet fairly difficult to perfect...atleast i find its difficult anyway :P as the old saying goes "making one is easy...making two (that are the same) is hard"