November 21, 200817 yr yeah i figure i could cut them up and use the stock from the reigns to make something :-p
November 21, 200817 yr No, but if they want a dozen I could probably find the time and energy to make them for that price.
November 21, 200817 yr what exactly would you grab with that?... nevermind people... Your undivided attention for one thing :)
November 21, 200817 yr From the pictures, it appears that whoever made them, and whoever used them took their business quite seriously........They are quite well crafted. I would imagine this is going to start a new trend in tong making........scarey faces and sharp teeth. I wonder if I could make tongs that look like 'Bullwinkle' ? That would be more my style....:)
November 21, 200817 yr I agree James, they're very well made but it's what I'd expect for the age. Elmer Roush chases faces in some of his tools, Lorelei Sims is using one of his on the cover of her book in fact, you can see the eyes and eyebrows. Frosty
November 21, 200817 yr we could make them and not tell anyone anything about them and they would asume they were that old cause they were made by a blacksmith and you get some one say they found them in old barn (so you find an old barn throw them in there and have your freind go in pick them up and wala they were in an old barn ) or some other old place then sell them
November 21, 200817 yr "I wonder if I could make tongs that look like 'Bullwinkle' ? That would be more my style.... " Mine too! If you can make bullwinkle tongs I will buy a pair!
November 22, 200817 yr WOW . .. from dragon tongs to Bullwinkle tongs ... ... nothing good can come from this ... but it would be a whole lotta fun. :D
November 23, 200817 yr what exactly would you grab with that?... nevermind people... Whatever it is, It's gonna leave a mark!!!
November 24, 200817 yr Actually I prefer the set they mention there "Similar example illustrated in “Inquisition”, by Robert Held, page 127." I bought that book just for the picture of those tongs... (Yes I have a number of odd books picked up just for one or two pictures of hand forged items...)
November 25, 200817 yr I'm not sure I understand the rationale of the menacing face chased onto the device; was the smith concerned that the tongs weren't quite intimidating enough as-is (what with the sharp points and edges 'n all), and those mean, beady eyes just pushed it right over the top?
November 25, 200817 yr Most official torture implements were more for intimidation than actual torture. So yes, the face was to make them more scary. Frosty
November 25, 200817 yr Part of the official method of inquisitional interrogations is that first you ask; then you threaten with torture and ask, then you take them to the place and show them the implements and ask and then you torture and ask. Any confession made under torture must be validated later too. (I read the book).
November 27, 200817 yr wow awesome..kinda like the dragon tongs by Bill Epps over on anvil fire... hmmm..a smaug fire tools set to go along with them..now yall got my gears turnin...anyone else smell smoke?
December 1, 200817 yr well seen i am new to all of this, I need to make just basic tongs but I did have a thought that you could be creative when you were making tongs. oh well mabey one day.
December 1, 200817 yr Part of the official method of inquisitional interrogations is that first you ask; then you threaten with torture and ask, then you take them to the place and show them the implements and ask and then you torture and ask. Any confession made under torture must be validated later too. (I read the book). The bit with the pain is the 'third degree'.
December 2, 200817 yr Actually all of my degrees have caused me some pain but it does seem to escalate with each additional one...
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