:hmm: Since I was not exactly sure just where to post these, I thought it would be safe to drop them here. Moderators please feel free to re-position them as you see fit.
A few weeks ago a life long friend stopped by my shop for a yarn. Work had been a little slow so I was playing (running ball). He was facinated and watched for awhile, then he says " I got just the thing for that" He told me he had got it out of the ruins of an old blacksmith shop up the coast a ways. I would imagine that it had been used to pour lead for "fishing leads" for the commercial fishermen years ago. I do remember another local blacksmith pouring "leads" when I was a kid, but can't say as I recall what he used for moulds, ladels etc. I do however remember that as kids we would sell him scrap lead for $.10 a pound.
There is a manufactuers name and logo on this one, but it too badly pitted to tell exactly what it says.
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A few weeks ago a life long friend stopped by my shop for a yarn. Work had been a little slow so I was playing (running ball). He was facinated and watched for awhile, then he says " I got just the thing for that" He told me he had got it out of the ruins of an old blacksmith shop up the coast a ways. I would imagine that it had been used to pour lead for "fishing leads" for the commercial fishermen years ago. I do remember another local blacksmith pouring "leads" when I was a kid, but can't say as I recall what he used for moulds, ladels etc. I do however remember that as kids we would sell him scrap lead for $.10 a pound.
There is a manufactuers name and logo on this one, but it too badly pitted to tell exactly what it says.
