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| emma.birdwhistle |
Posted - Mar 26 2007 : 4:32:33 PM
Does anyone have experience ironing with flatirons - the sort that one heats on a stove? I have an antique set of three iron bases with a detachable wooden handle (pictured here: http://flickr.com/photos/emmabirdwhistle/432432587/), all appearing to be in good condition. They made these things to last, evidently - they're pleasantly weighty (pleasant until the ironing begins...  ). I would like to be able to use them during a Pioneer Week my friends and I are putting together this summer, and I am looking for helpful hints and advice. I remember reading something of a treatise on the use of flatirons of this type, but of course I can't recall where I came across it. Unless it was in Early American Life magazine, which is something I ought to check. In the meantime, has anyone else experimented with this electricity-free mode of ironing? 
- Elizabeth Ann
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| Kim |
Posted - Mar 26 2007 : 5:20:17 PM
I know! I love kitchen/houswares collectables.
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| emma.birdwhistle |
Posted - Mar 26 2007 : 4:58:20 PM
Thank you for the link, Kim. What a fascinating site! Who knew there was an antique pressing iron museum?
- Elizabeth Ann
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| Kim |
Posted - Mar 26 2007 : 4:54:50 PM
Here is a place to start
http://www.irons.com/
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| Kim |
Posted - Mar 26 2007 : 4:49:11 PM
I have not, though I have my grandmothers old steam or gas flat iron. It looks like it has never been used! It is still in the original box.
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