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12-05-2015, 12:07 AM | #1 |
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December 5th, 2015: Blacksmiths
Blacksmiths are rare as hen's teeth used to be. The trade split, with farriers taking the horse shoeing, farm implements have interchangeable parts, and edged weapon/armor making becoming a specialty. Of course much of what they made is now store bought, except high end decorative wrought iron trim or restoration hardware. It makes me happy to see a few have persisted in the dirty, deafening, difficult art, and I have great respect for them.
........ This is a small sampling of what they can do with hot iron and a hammer. ...... These and more pictures were taken by a Canadian photographer Dan Bannister, very dark, kind of noir.
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