This page spotlights Big Steve McGranahan, Captain of Crush and now Red Nail Breaker.  As far as Steve knows he is the first person to break the Ironmind Red steel bar, 5/16"x7" of tough steel.  Shown to the right is the result of the break, with a bent red below.  As far as I know Steve was also the first to bend a Red bar in competition last year, although at that time he was not finishing them off yet.

Ironmind Red steel bars-Broken and bent

	Here's Steve bending a big piece of steel.  The bar is 3/4" thick and either 4-foot or 3-foot 8-inches.  When I look at this picture I agree with Steve that 1" thick will fall soon, never has 3/4" steel looked so small as when being "reconfigured" by Big Steve.

Here's Steve  preparing to put the hurt on a deck of cards.  Steve has actually ripped two decks of cards together, so you can image that this single deck doesn't stand a chance!  For fans of strength and muscle, check out the lower portion of his left forearm, that's some serious ripping, bending muscle.

This picture shows a thick Horseshoe twisted around by Big Steve.  Older, used horseshoes can sometimes be more difficult to bend than new ones because the steel becomes hardened on the impact of the horse's hooves.  If they are overused, old or rusty they usually become weaker.  Sometimes when you lay into a horseshoe to bend it you never know what you have in terms of strength.  This particular shoe looks fairly stout and is a "rim" shoe (note the channel on the left top twine).

If you happen to meet Steve and he asks if you can borrow a wrench or a pair of pliers you might want to reconsider.  Unlike a Magician who might give you back your twenty after it has been "ripped" any tool Steve returns will probably look like the ones on the right.  In order to break the dropped forged pliers Steve put a bolt between the teeth and then squeezed.  They snapped with a sound almost like a gunshot. The wrench is a 5/8" and 11/16" Craftsmen wrench.

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