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Old 08-13-2010, 03:41 AM   #20
ZenGum
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I don't think that is a flat iron. It looks like a box iron. You put hot coals from your fire into it, and these provided the heat.

Flat irons are much, well, flatter, and usually came in sets of three so that two could be warming while one was in use.
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