Category: Blacksmithing

The blacksmith of your grandfather’s day

In your grandfather’s time the blacksmith shod horses, made plough points, built wagons and carriages, and made all kinds of tools.

Ostensibly the people who gathered at the blacksmith shop had come on business, but one was in no hurry to leave the conversation.

The blacksmith looked like what I thought the devil might’ve looked like-the coals glowing in the forge behind, the steam streaming around him.

The once ubiquitous trade of blacksmithing hasn’t disappeared altogether. Artisans like Wind Chapman have kept the ancient skills alive.

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