rthibeau Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I'm just not going to let a pregnant woman use my forge again. Just to be on the safe side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 This is just me of course but I don't think the fire is evil and the whole devil thing falls under the BlacksmYth heading. Specifically the blacksmYth a weld won't take because there's something wrong with the: flux, fire, fuel, forge, anvil, horn direction, phase of the moon, etc. The evil devil is operator error. The devil IS in the details. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 This is just me of course but I don't think the fire is evil and the whole devil thing falls under the BlacksmYth heading. Specifically the blacksmYth a weld won't take because there's something wrong with the: flux, fire, fuel, forge, anvil, horn direction, phase of the moon, etc. The evil devil is operator error. The devil IS in the details. Frosty The Lucky. Or to quote Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notownkid Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 35 minutes ago, rthibeau said: I'm just not going to let a pregnant woman use my forge again. Just to be on the safe side. Afraid of getting pregnant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 4 hours ago, JHCC said: Or to quote Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." I suppose you could Finagle that in there. The first place I heard that one is in a Heinlein story but didn't know it had a "proper" name so to speak. Cool. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthibeau Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 stupidity........what a concept !!! but if'n I tell any of the beliefs blacksmiths have.......it only will get worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 13 hours ago, Frosty said: I suppose you could Finagle that in there. The first place I heard that one is in a Heinlein story but didn't know it had a "proper" name so to speak. Cool. Frosty The Lucky. It's known as Hanlon's Razor, but "Hanlon" may indeed be a corruption of "Heinlein". The earliest known version of the same sentiment appears in the work of Goethe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Googling it showed no record of Heinlein associated. It was credited to a Robert J. Hanlon. So of course I just now read a little deeper and see that cite remarking about the amazing coincidence to it's appearing about the same time as "Logic of Empire" by R.A. Heinlein, 1941. Drats, now neither of us think we might know. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 On 17/02/2016 at 3:29 PM, MarcyOHH said: After visiting a friend's forge in January he has been "cursed" and unable to forge weld. This got me thinking, are blacksmiths like pirates and highly superstitious? If so, what are some of your superstitions when it comes to the art? Blacksmiths are very like pirates.......or so they like to think. I always feed a new smelt a little whisky when its lit, keeps the forge spirits happy (or tipsy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 7 hours ago, basher said: Blacksmiths are very like pirates.......or so they like to think. I always feed a new smelt a little whisky when its lit, keeps the forge spirits happy (or tipsy) You feed baby Smelts whisky? I'm not a fan of Smelt, they're too oily for my taste but maybe if they're whisky pickled. Too bad Smelt don't run here I wonder how it'd work for Grunion? hmmmmm. Share the recipe? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Ah , the ol pirate-blacksmith crossover.......I never knew a smelt was a fish..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 I'm trying to think of a fish-related pun, but all I can do is flounder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthibeau Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 then you should probably halibut outta here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 This is neither the time nor the plaice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthibeau Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 or.........I love the smelt of them springtime runs......it smells like........FISH!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Sorry about that guys, seems I did it again and sent the thread completely out of school. I'm not sure how to codify this one even. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Aw Frosty, there's a catch, try not to have a 'run' of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 It's the net gain spawns my desire. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Geist Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Only 2 things a blacksmith can go to hell for.........Hitting cold iron and not charging enough. Also plenty of other bad luck things like hats on beds and so forth. Best not mess with such things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcostello Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Don't rise to the bait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 11 hours ago, George Geist said: Only 2 things a blacksmith can go to hell for.........Hitting cold iron and not charging enough. Also plenty of other bad luck things like hats on beds and so forth. Best not mess with such things Don't tempt the fates is always a good policy. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneCoeArtistBlacksmith Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 He who hits black iron will pee in the bed tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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