Hey Metal, what is that in your avatar?

[wg_bent]

Metal, you have a picture of a barrel stove in your avatar. But it looks like it's outside. What do you use it for?

Sort of related...The other day I noticed a guy with a stove sitting in his back yard, chimney attached, Doors wide open, burning away. Looked sort of funny. Looked like one of the older Jotul stoves with dual doors.

 

[Metal]

They are branding irons. I wish I had a cool story to go along with it, but I don't. It goes with the saying at the bottom of my posts "Just another iron in the fire," since this addictive website is just that.

 

[Jay Shank]

do you still brand cattle???I see alot os eartags hear in central pa

 

[Metal]

Branding, for the most part, has gone the way of the Dodo Bird. We now tattoo them in the ear and then put eartags in. The tattoo is a way to identify them if the tag falls out (usually 3 or 4 letters/numbers in each ear).

 

[wg_bent]

My guess is he's got a side business branding gang members in the hood.