Wes did me good, a MIG welder did the trick on my cracked eye in just a few
minutes. Took a good half hour to cool down enough to handle. Now that welder
looks like a fun toy, though I'm not sure that it would play well with me. I'm
looking at all of the deep cuts in my hands from a weekend of sharpening large
draw knives and there's this tiny voice in my head screaming very loudly.
Although I reckon blood wouldn't be as much of a problem at that temp.

-B

--- wesg@g... wrote:

From: WesG <wesg@g...>
To: "contact@b..." <contact@b...>
Cc: "<oldtools@r...>" <oldtools@r...>
Subject: Re: [OldTools] Blacksmiths in the Seattle area
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:47:56 -0500

B,
Assuming its not a rare collectible,
clear 3/16 of metal on both sides of the crack using a file and take it to
anyone that owns a MIG welder and it will be usable in about 15 seconds.
No Blacksmith Needed.
(but many blacksmiths have the welder.)
If you show up with the prep work done, I doubt anyone would charge you for it.
Maybe a gift card for a local coffee house would be appreciated, though.

Cheers,
Wes

On Apr 14, 2012, at 11:22 AM, Bosaiya <bosaiya@o...> wrote:

> I recently picked up an adze which, as it turns out, had a nasty crack going
all the way through the back of the eye (where a poll might go). I was hoping
someone might be able to help patch that up for not too much trouble. I'm
currently in the north Seattle area.
> 
> Let me know if this seems like something you're willing and able to help with.
> 
> regards,
> 
> B
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