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269768 Matthew Groves <grovesthegrey@g...> 2020‑01‑24 Re: Poster
I know that making things like this is all the rage, but a part of me dies
inside when I see it.

It’s just a collection of images from the internet, put on a page, printed and
shipped for profit.

Anyone with blacksmithing experience looks at this poster unfavorably. 

Those aren’t really “types” of anvils. They aren’t even described by their
names. The tool group with numbers? Not really helpful without a key or legend
to describe them. John already describes the errors he saw.

I’m ok with errors, and I’m ok with coffee-table type books or even posters that
are mainly to be interesting to look at without really saying much or being
coherent.

Curmudgeon mode, perhaps. It smacks of the modern trend of knowing just enough
to stay ahead of those who know nothing. Would much prefer this person have a 5
minute conversation with a blacksmith to help them make the poster both helpful
AND accurate.  I’m not fiddling over minutia, these are basic basic
blacksmithing things.

It does say “knowledge” at the top, but it doesn’t contain much.

Matthew Groves
Springfield, MO 65802

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