"Well maybe, but it was straight, not curved as all of the hammer irons I've seen are. Its was almost like a low wattage soldering iron. However, as far as its appearance, its' handle was shorter and the iron longer than a soldering iron. I liked it specifically because it was less awkward than using a clothes iron. His technical was geared to the "precision" voicing idea, i.e. finding a hammer that is sticking out and steaming ever so slightly... it worked well." That was my technical, which was a duplicate demonstration of that given by the king of steam, Roger Jolly. I think Jim forgot that it *was* a hammer iron indeed. Most of the time I use the back part of the iron to dab on the wet handkerchief. Howard S. Rosen, RPT 7262 Angel Falls Ct. Boynton Beach, FL 33437 561-737-2057 hsrosen@earthlink.net
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