Anyone who has cable television, has probably watched Forged in Fire, or at least heard about it. People use rebar, stainless steel wire coils, and any other type of metal they can find, to forge knives in a 1000 degree forge. My granddaughter saw the show and continued to watch it every day on Netflix. She loves the show as much as her grandfather. Together, they are gathering everything they need to build a forge and start making knives. My granddaughter makes jewelry and she is trying to figure out how to forge some of the items she puts in her jewelry. She has used rocks, porcupine quills, and odd looking bits of wood. Last week, she came up to visit and brought a stainless steel tie wire coil that she found on the side of the road. It was thin wire, and not what I thought it would be. My husband told her it would be perfect for welding several pieces of steel together. This sounded interested, but making knives was not something I was interested in doing. I looked at some of the hobbies I did entertain, and I thought it would be interesting to use some of the stainless tie wire to weld the metal planters I picked up in the recycling bins. So far, I found an old paper rack that was going to be destroyed and turned it into a piece of furniture for the house. I am now working on a wrought iron picture frame that is rusty and full of pitting. I’m sure that if I use the steel tie wire as a welding tool, I can turn it into an elegant mirror.