Friday, August 02, 2013

Working man.

Beating red-hot metal with a hammer.

7 comments:

  1. Did the picture get flipped or is that a left-handed blacksmith?

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  2. >Did the picture get flipped

    Not flipped according to the lettering on the blue cardboard box to the right.

    I'd say he was using a "swage block" to make a fireplace shovel.

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  3. Nice holder for the swage block; I've got to weld up one of those myself.

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  4. Just learning and so was proud of myself to ID the tool correctly.
    Blacksmithing is cool ... well, hot too. And difficult; least for me at the moment...

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  5. From arm wrasslin' contests years ago - leave those blacksmiths alone!

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