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Mr. Dragon, I (SLAG), and Marg have added her name to our list of thoughts and prayers and intentions. A Charnly is highly installable, and has been used for at least about fifty years. Hang in there Dan.

T.P., I just ran into your thread. He sounds like he had a good life. A long life. Marg and I will offer our prayers and intentions. Hang in there. SLAG.

Folks, Just when I started to suspect that I knew everything, (not really), I ran into this video. There may some tips, in it, that might prove useful for each reader. Regards, SLAG click here

Beautiful knife. Good job. What wood is the handle? Regards, SLAG

Folks, We had one of those old washers in the country house. I got a long hose cought in the mangle. It "ate" a yard of said hose before I had the presence of mind to turn the washer off. Quick thinking saved that hose. That incident was an object lessen and moving experience. Luckily, I did not lose any fingers. But the orthopedic surgeons, of the day saw, and repaired many such fingers. Gone are the good old days. And a few of them were not so good. SLAG.

T.P., I agree. SLAG.

T.P., Sorry. I am still waking up. Pictures are in the article. Kansas man finds mythical-looking ax with tree root handle in his yard (msn.com) S;LAG.

Greetings I.F.I. FOLKS i just ran across this ARTICLE on the net. Does anyone have information on this recently discovered axe? The picture is not that great. Regards, SLAG.

Congratulations! SLAG.

SLAG Here. A few years ago I fancied buying a third anvil. I did extensive research studying numerous manufacturers and their anvils that they had for sale. T.F.S. 's information never did say, out right, what their anvils were made from. They vaguely alluded to steel but gave no details. I carefully studied all their publicly available printed information. I finally noticed an obscure. (well hidden), statement that the body of the anvil was made from ductile iron. (with a steel top, of course) I never did buy yet another anvil. But I was little nonplused concerning the clever concealment of that fact. Was it deliberate or not, I will never know. But the whole business left me with a bad taste in my mouth. Time and dental hygiene has dampened it since. Just sayyin, Your friendly neighborhood SLAG signing off.

John, I just heard the revolting news about your health. I have full confidence that you will survive this pestilence, real soon. You have I.F.I. on your side. Keep Lisa safe. Best regards, SLAG.

Mr. FLHF, Don't dump the metal. Metal is long-lasting but many wives are sometimes ephemeral. Tell your spouse that the metal is an integral part of you, that only surgery can sever. As concerning your anvil, pritchel holes came after 1820. Unless an older anvil was drilled. As for edges, you can get even more milage, if you do some smithing left handed. It's a neat thing to learn. And you can always switch hands. on a heavy duty job. Regards, and welcome to the club. SLAG.

Mr. Dragon, That aphorism is brilliant! Good show. Thanks, SLAG.

T. P., Great job. It looks, and will probably function every bit as well as a London pattern anvil. SLAG.

George N. M., The little primus stoves were the wick type. I never pumped up my stove. Regards, SLAG.

T.P., Both Jock and Pawpaw. Two great guys. SLAG.

Hey..., Robert. SLAG.

Wretched news. He was a long-ago friend whom I shared some fond memories. Condolences to all his family and his friends. I'll ring the anvil as soon as I can dig my way out to the smithy. Fare-well my friend. SLAG.

Mr. Frazer, Where can I get/find such a ginormous acorn nut. It might make an enormous esthetic addition to my winter parka. SLAG.

Mr. RSTG, Beautiful work. SLAG.

T.P. Good News . We wish you a healthy, enjoyable, retirement, for a long time going forward. Fully retirement? I doubt it. You have too many interests, skills, and intellectual curiosity, to be doing nada. Keep the forge fires, hot and creative. Best regards, SLAG, and Marg*. * The marvellous.

Mr. SHC, Your amorous friend deserved it. SLAG.

Folks, That biker must have had a premonition? (memento mori?) Did they mail him back to his mother? Just thinking. SLAG.

Gentlemen, The first process for extracting kerosene, primarily from coal was invented by Mr. Abraham Gesner. He was a doctor and geologist that worked primarily in the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Canada He first disclosed his process, in Prince Edward Island, in 1846, and patented it a series of three U.S. patents issued eight years later in 1854. (#11203, ...4, and ...5) The process was essentially a destructive distillation of coal and also other hydrocarbons. (e.g. shale oil, and crude oil, etc.). He coined the name kerosene. It was brighter and cleaner than whale oil and coal oil flames. (by this time whale oil production was dropping off due to over exploitation). Sadly, he did not make much money from his revolutionary invention. As an aside; my ex and I visited his grave site in the middle of Halifax Nova Scotia while I was studying at Dalhousie Law School. SLAG.

Mr. George N. M., One good pick deserves another. The first oil wells were drilled in Oil springs Ontario, Canada, 1858. And more substantial wells were drilled, nearby, in Petrolia, Ontario circa 1865. The first oil well was completed in 1859 at Titusville, north-west Pa. (by Edwin Drake). The very first modern well was in Poland in 1854. Of course, the Chinese drilled the first known oil well in 374 A.D. Regards to all, and apologies to Mr. George N.M. SLAG.