Elizabeth Herod on sat 5 jul 03
I received my =B3NonTongs=B2 on Thursday. We don=B9t use the front door, so I
discovered them on Friday morning.
After I read all of the documentation, which is excellent, I started pickin=
g
up a lot of pots with the tool. Oops, I slipped and threw up one of my
favorite pots, (Charlie and Linda Riggs) in the air. Yes, and I caught it,
and breathed a sigh of relief. However, the important thing here, is that =
I
played with the tool on pots with narrow openings, not necessarily slender
necks. It works really well.
I have to practice with them, but I can see how there would not be the
marring with traditional tongs.
Thanks Leland, for letting me be a beta tester.
Beth Herod
White Paw Hill
Leland G. Hall on mon 7 jul 03
Hi Beth and all,
Boy am I glad your air-borne "Riggs" pot avoided a crash landing! Your
description of the near disaster with a flying pot painted an image for
me. I had to laugh, though I'd bet it was near horifying at the moment.
Sounds like you made a good save! Rakuists need good reflexes I'm thinking.
I confess to having an over-active imagination and I'm reminded of a game
where teams have a basket thingy on a handle and a ball is flung and caught
with it. Lacrosse? I don't know. But I got an image in my minds eye of
pots being flung and caught with "Non Tongs". Or maybe hot pot juggling.
Please folks, don't try this at home! Particularly with red hot pots!
Do I need a disclaimer here? ("Proffesional stuntmen were hired for the
making of this fantasy" ?) (Or, "no raku potters were harmed in the making
of this fantasy")
Any way, thanks Beth, for being one of the testers. Also thanks for the
complement regarding the included information packet. We tried hard to make
it as imformative and nice as we could, and it has indeed been our
pleasure.
Please do be careful, especially with hot pots, but by all means, have fun!
We look forward to hearing about your further experiences with the Non
Tongs. Good, bad, or indifferent, we need to know how they perform for
folks. Happy fires to all!
Regards
Leland Hall
Before The Wheel Enterprises
Raku Sculpture, Pottery, and Non-Tongs for Raku
in Smokey La Pine, OR
where they finally have the Davis fire 80% contained at 20,000 acres.
Whew!! Only 14 miles from us, but the worst seems to be over.
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On Saturday, July 5th, Beth Herod wrote:
"I received my =B3NonTongs=B2 on Thursday. We don=B9t use the front door, s=
o I
discovered them on Friday morning.
After I read all of the documentation, which is excellent, I started pickin
g
up a lot of pots with the tool. Oops, I slipped and threw up one of my
favorite pots, (Charlie and Linda Riggs) in the air. Yes, and I caught it,
and breathed a sigh of relief. However, the important thing here, is that
I
played with the tool on pots with narrow openings, not necessarily slender
necks. It works really well.
I have to practice with them, but I can see how there would not be the
marring with traditional tongs.
Thanks Leland, for letting me be a beta tester."
Beth Herod
White Paw Hill
pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on mon 7 jul 03
Hey Leyland!
Too, as many 'pre-schools' are run by some quite old gals
who may prefer to avoid stooping or bending over when an
alternative exists...these might be just the ticket for
picking up the odd neonate or insipient toddler, or for
moving them from one area of the sticky floor or weed dotted
back yard to another. Swinging them to an accompanyment of
some little tune or rhyme or other too, might be elected
just for fun. ( In fact, be a good prophylaxis so far as
keeping a little distance from all them 'germs' which these
youngsters, or is it the 'pre-schools'? - typically are
known to transmit too...a way to get-a-handle-on-it, so to
speak.)
Just a thought...
Could have like 'pink' or Robin's Egg 'blue' ones...(the
tongs I mean...)
They might just be appreciated!
And too, most of these kids already met the 'tongs' not too
long before...
Be 'old hat' to them!
Best!
Phil
lasvegas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leland G. Hall"
To:
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 10:24 PM
Subject: The "Non Tongs"
Hi Beth and all,
Boy am I glad your air-borne "Riggs" pot avoided a crash
landing! Your
description of the near disaster with a flying pot painted
an image for
me. I had to laugh, though I'd bet it was near horifying at
the moment.
Sounds like you made a good save! Rakuists need good
reflexes I'm thinking.
I confess to having an over-active imagination and I'm
reminded of a game
where teams have a basket thingy on a handle and a ball is
flung and caught
with it. Lacrosse? I don't know. But I got an image in my
minds eye of
pots being flung and caught with "Non Tongs". Or maybe hot
pot juggling.
Please folks, don't try this at home! Particularly with red
hot pots!
Do I need a disclaimer here? ("Proffesional stuntmen were
hired for the
making of this fantasy" ?) (Or, "no raku potters were
harmed in the making
of this fantasy")
Any way, thanks Beth, for being one of the testers. Also
thanks for the
complement regarding the included information packet. We
tried hard to make
it as imformative and nice as we could, and it has indeed
been our
pleasure.
Please do be careful, especially with hot pots, but by all
means, have fun!
We look forward to hearing about your further experiences
with the Non
Tongs. Good, bad, or indifferent, we need to know how they
perform for
folks. Happy fires to all!
Regards
Leland Hall
Before The Wheel Enterprises
Raku Sculpture, Pottery, and Non-Tongs for Raku
in Smokey La Pine, OR
where they finally have the Davis fire 80% contained at
20,000 acres.
Whew!! Only 14 miles from us, but the worst seems to be
over.
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
On Saturday, July 5th, Beth Herod wrote:
"I received my ³NonTongs² on Thursday. We don¹t use the
front door, so I
discovered them on Friday morning.
After I read all of the documentation, which is excellent, I
started pickin
g
up a lot of pots with the tool. Oops, I slipped and threw
up one of my
favorite pots, (Charlie and Linda Riggs) in the air. Yes,
and I caught it,
and breathed a sigh of relief. However, the important thing
here, is that
I
played with the tool on pots with narrow openings, not
necessarily slender
necks. It works really well.
I have to practice with them, but I can see how there would
not be the
marring with traditional tongs.
Thanks Leland, for letting me be a beta tester."
Beth Herod
White Paw Hill
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Marcia Selsor on mon 7 jul 03
I tried the non-tongs out yesterday. I think they worked well but I need
to fatten my lips. They chipped when I put the
tongs inside. I was using them as Beth described. I can see they'd work
great for the way you describe to use them. I only hade about 3 pots
chipped out of about 20+. I like them much better for tongs for horse
hair pots.-no scarring terra sig.
I may reconfigure the hook to my benefit. Good design.
Thanks.
Marcia
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