Customer Comments
Railroad Spike Snake
I received the
following
e-mail from Tamara
Ahrens
regarding a railroad spike snake I forged for her. She contacted me and
asked
me to make one for her after she saw the railroad spike snake images I
have
posted on my Gallery page. I appreciated her e-mail so much I asked if
I
could post it here, and she kindly granted me permission to do so. I
greatly
appreciate her kind words.
Dear Ron,
WE LOVE IT!!!
WE LA LA LA LA LOVE IT!!!
Even my husband, who was a bit skeptical of my purchase, picks it up a few times a day and openly admires it. (It even has found a temporary home on his dresser... I'll reclaim it later.)
So, thank you VERY MUCH! Very cool. Very, very cool.
The detail is superb. The body is long, sleek and the curves are natural-looking. The bronze on the head and tail is a wonderful touch to highlight the blue and purple hue from the heating. The extra work of eyes, nostrils, and ribs far exceeded our expectations.
My husband is currently trying to figure out what else we could ask you to make, especially as we build our house. In his own words, "Most of the time when you look at someone's creation, you can see how they did it and appreciate the work. When you see something like this, the process is hidden and all that's left is true art." I don't think I could say it better myself.
I hope the charity auction goes well. Your packing was great and UPS delivered it last Friday (sorry, I've been away from my email.)
Take care and best wishes,
I post far to few
of my
customer's comments, but thought this one more than justified the time
to
do so. This comment came in response to receiving two "strike-a-light"
flint
and steel strikers I forged for Steve Kramer, a professional
photographer
in Thailand. Both were my best quality (museum
quality) patterns.
These images are of the two strikers I sent Steve.
C-striker,
U-striker. As
you can see in the images,
I am now leaving some of the file surface pattern on the strikers to
show
their origin and add some additional interest. I really appreciate
Steve's
very kind comments. If you wish to contact Steve in regards to these
strikers
I will be happy to furnish his e-mail address. He is already buried in
spam
e-mail, so I don't wish to add to it by posting his address here.
"If exquisite
form plus
exceptional function equal perfection, then Ron Reil has reached the
pinnacle
of blacksmithing art with his creations of the steel Strike-a-Light
flint
strikers. I purchased two different designs; the standard "C" shaped
model
and the open "U" shape, and both are a delight just to hold in my hand.
But
as these are functioning devices, their real beauty explodes into a
shower
of red hot, long burning sparks when struck against a good piece of
flint.
It's the 4th of July over the Mall in D.C. as the sparks burn and burn.
I've
now tried twenty strikes with each striker, and caught a glow with my
char
cloth on the very first strike in 18 out of the 20 attempts. Only two
times
required a second strike. Now THAT is function at its best. The problem
comes
with the fact that I don't want to put down the striker to make the
fire.
It just feels too nice in my hand. Thanks, Ron, for a job very well
done!"
And I mean every word of it too! :-)
Steve Kramer (Thailand)
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