Excerpt from The Franklin Journal, and American Mechanics' Magazine, Vol. 2: Devoted to the Useful Arts, Internal Improvements, and General Science, July December, 1826

To produce the curl, the bars or straps are drawn into bars about three quarters of an inch square, and twisted, some to the right and others to the left hand, one of each sort is then welded together, doubled up and drawn, out, as before described, and, according to the skill and experience of the workman, any intricacy of twist produced, by this drawing out, doubling and twisting.

Sometimes, to save trouble, and economise the iron thus prepared, the artist will rough file an English barrel, weld a strap of Damascus iron Spirally round it, or several straps are laid longitudinally along it, and welded on. ¿ native artist never works with pit coal, under any consideration charcoal from light wood, forms his only fuel.

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