#46 – Noel LaFlamme: Hammer and Forge Metallurgist

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• Always interested in how things work and making it better.


• Which led to blacksmithing - by way of archery


• Made arrowheads out of rebar.
  
  
  
  • Which (of course) led to a sword.
  
  
  
  


• Rules of thumb for temperature of steel.


• Blacksmithing is a hobby that makes a few bucks.


• Specialty is chef’s knives


• Good knives are tapered from spine to edge and from bast to tip.


• YouTube videos on knife making are a mixed-bag.


• 1st job out of college was at a venture capital firm.
  
  
  
  • Left to be more involved in the actual creation.
  
  
  
  


• Three most important factors for a startup – the team, the team, and the team.


• Good innovation often comes from startup pivots.


• “Getting around” patents


• Really enjoys flyfishing – and makes his equipment


• Did fly fishing make Ted Williams a great hitter or vice versa.


• Craft food for the movie filming of Moonrise Kingdom was in his front yard.


• Apolo Anton Ohno is often confused for … Apolo Anton Ohno.

Reach Noel at www.Laflammeforge.com

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Hat tip to Joseph McDade for free use of his music "Mirrors".