Al Stephens Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I apologize if this is old news, but Steve Bronstien's, Blackthorne Forge was destroyed by fire on March 28th. Steve is a great guy an asset to the blacksmith community, whom I've known for 20+ years. Details can be viewed at.. .http://www.wcax.com/story/35025672/marshfield-blacksmith-shop-burns-down http://www.timesargus.com/articles/blackthorne-forge-destroyed-by-fire/ The shop had very recently passed a fire safety inspection with flying colors. Al Additional links removed as per site rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommytaptap Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Hi. Very sad to read this terrible bad news. Hope the firefighter is okay and that nobody else was injured. Looks like he will bounce back from this though-hopefully. Me, I prefer coke to propane every time. Good luck Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judson Yaggy Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Steve is a great guy, always willing to teach, talk, trade tips. I was really bummed to hear bout this and I hope this very worthy go fund me campaign is a success. 6 hours ago, Tommytaptap said: Me, I prefer coke to propane every time. He does production work, selling mostly thru wholesale craft shows. Harder to do an efficient production run of product in coke. Doubly so if you are training an employee to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Grim news at least nobody was seriously injured. I'll be very interested to find out what the investigation learns. It's hard to imagine a leak that could light a large structure on fire couldn't be smelled. Of course the employee's sense of smell may be bad or not work at all. It happens. Makes me think about getting a flammable gas / CO detector for the shop. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Stephens Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 As I understand from Steve, a catastrophic failure of a regulator seems to be the culprit. Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Another fire which I recently posted in the Prayer section. Johathan Nedbor of High Falls, NY, lost his shop and house to fire on April 23. Jonathan is a friend and professional smith who has specialized in Dutch Colonial architectural hardware. He developed Black Magic welding flux which he was marketing. He is active in the Northeast Blacksmiths' Group. His daughter is in charge of raising funds so he can hopefully, rebuild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Oh MAN! This is turning into a bad trend. Let's ALL go do a careful thorough fire safety inspection of our shops. Eh? Let's not be the next. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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