Thread: The Colour of Money

and that is a teaser for what?

Originally Posted by Fuzzie

and that is a teaser for what?

I still can't get over my $50 Stanley no 8. The euphoria lives on.

Isn't another name for those 'filigree chisels' poor man's damascus steel? Even Titans can look this way after the correct time in a bucket of water

Originally Posted by Blue-deviled

Isn't another name for those 'filigree chisels' poor man's damascus steel? Even Titans can look this way after the correct time in a bucket of water

How can you talk of Titans in this way? They are sacred and the secret men's business of the Australian tool world. Begat by BHP on post war euphoria. Blessed by non other than Essington Lewis himself on the high altar of the Australian Steel indusrtry. Seeded from ores drawn from the bowels of the West Australian earth and taken by great ships to the East. Titans were first born at a two thousand degrees as liquid steel in the vulcan like blast furnaces of Newcastle. Hotter than the sun itself the old steel makers claim, hence the name Titan or Helios the sun god, who then appeared on the first decals. Once formed and shaped by great presses and hammers at the holy site in Hobart upon Derwent, the blades came into being. Mighty Tasmanian trees were felled and the handles were lovingly shaped by artisans to grace the blades. Chisel making 101 cry the critics but we know better. The Forties, Fifties, Sixties and even Seventies tradesmen of Australia have voted with their choice and have now moved on. We honour them, their labour and Titans as the tool that built Australia. Our noble purpose is to collect them, to preserve this great national heritage of men and sweat and tools and help pay collecting expenses by flogging our dupes.

Doggie, it's nice to know we're not hampered by sanity clauses.

The idea of them felling some great Tassie tree to make a chisel handle sounds just a tiny bit wasteful to me. Still, I guess the chips could have been processed into MDF.

Originally Posted by Doggie

How can you talk of Titans in this way? They are sacred and the secret men's business of the Australian tool world. Begat by BHP on post war euphoria. Blessed by non other than Essington Lewis himself on the high altar of the Australian Steel indusrtry. Seeded from ores drawn from the bowels of the West Australian earth and taken by great ships to the East. Titans were first born at a two thousand degrees as liquid steel in the vulcan like blast furnaces of Newcastle. Hotter than the sun itself the old steel makers claim, hence the name Titan or Helios the sun god, who then appeared on the first decals. Once formed and shaped by great presses and hammers at the holy site in Hobart upon Derwent, the blades came into being. Mighty Tasmanian trees were felled and the handles were lovingly shaped by artisans to grace the blades. Chisel making 101 cry the critics but we know better. The Forties, Fifties, Sixties and even Seventies tradesmen of Australia have voted with their choice and have now moved on. We honour them, their labour and Titans as the tool that built Australia. Our noble purpose is to collect them, to preserve this great national heritage of men and sweat and tools and help pay collecting expenses by flogging our dupes.

I stand beside you, shoulder-to-shoulder, saving that heritage, once tempered in the sweat of our forebears, and now held aloft so those aforementioned dupes can fall to their knees in awe (while reaching for their tightly rolled wads of patriotism).

Would you care for the three Titan firmers that I left forgotten for a month in a small tub of vinegar?

Crikey

I grew up in Mayfield and me dear old Dad slaved at the Steelworks (admin. building), I never knew all this went on.I just thought it smelt funny.

Originally Posted by Avery

Crikey

I grew up in Mayfield and me dear old Dad slaved at the Steelworks (admin. building), I never knew all this went on.I just thought it smelt funny.

Smelt

Originally Posted by Blue-deviled

Smelt

Smelted ?

Used to live in Sheffield. Now the furnaces at night, that really was the colour of money.