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261690 Claudio DeLorenzi <claudio@d...> 2017‑02‑17 Maine Axe making historical film about 8 mins long
http://www.folkstreams.net/pub/FilmPage.php?title=312

The above video is about the last hand forged axe making outfit (Pioneer
Axe Co) in small town Maine in the early 1960's, taken a few months before
it too went under.  I'm interested in smithing, so I was interested.
  Check out how highly skilled craftsmen worked to make axes.
They worked pretty hard for very crappy pay (by 1962 standards).  (The
chief guy apparently went elsewhere to get twice as much money to sweep
floors).
  OSHA would freak re safety.
Cheers from Waterloo
Claudio

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