blacksmiths
Anvil-wielding craftspeople
Blacksmiths is the plural of blacksmith, a craftsperson who forges and shapes iron and steel by heating metal in a forge and hammering it on an anvil.
Before industrialization, blacksmiths were essential to every community, making horseshoes, tools, weapons, and hardware.
The trade survives in farriery and artisanal metalwork: The blacksmiths at the Renaissance fair demonstrated traditional techniques.
Furnace for shaping metal
- anvilMetal-shaping block
- hammerTool for striking nails
- tongsHinged grasping utensil
- bellowsHandheld device forcing air
ironwork · metalworking · horseshoes · wrought iron · quenching · tempering · smithy · hearth
One who shoes horses
- wheelwrightWooden circle builder
- armorerMilitary equipment maintainer
- swordsmithForger of bladed weapons
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
village smithy · apprentice · journeyman · colonial · medieval · frontier · livery · wagon
U-shaped hoof plates
- gatesMovable barriers at openings
- hingesSwinging joint hardware
- nailsMetal fasteners, finger coverings
- chainsLinked metal restraints
tools · swords · axes · plowshares · railings · fireplace tools · candleholders · door knockers
Forging edged metal weapons
- knifemakingFabricating edged cutting implements
- farrieryCraft of shoeing horses
- restorationReturning something to condition
- heritage craftTraditional skill preserved culturally
propane · Damascus steel · demonstration · workshop · studio · commissions
forge
Furnace for shaping metal
bellows · ironwork · metalworking · horseshoes · wrought iron · quenching · tempering · smithy · hearth · coal
farrier
One who shoes horses
- wheelwrightWooden circle builder
- armorerMilitary equipment maintainer
- swordsmithForger of bladed weapons
village smithy · guild · apprentice · journeyman · colonial · medieval · frontier · livery · wagon · plow
horseshoes
U-shaped hoof plates
- gatesMovable barriers at openings
- hingesSwinging joint hardware
- nailsMetal fasteners, finger coverings
chains · tools · swords · axes · plowshares · railings · fireplace tools · candleholders · door knockers · brackets
bladesmithing
Forging edged metal weapons
- knifemakingFabricating edged cutting implements
- farrieryCraft of shoeing horses
- restorationReturning something to condition
heritage craft · propane · Damascus steel · demonstration · workshop · studio · commissions
- craftspeoplepotter, weaver, artisan, potters, craftsman
- medievalknights, castles, cathedral, kings, queens
- Medieval Europekings, queens, knights, castles, castle
- Middle AgesMiddle Ages, medieval period, castles, knights, Dark Ages
- frontierfrontier, pioneer, pioneers, settlers, settler
- makersmakers, filmmaker, crafter, watchmaker, crafters
blacksmithsgoldsmiths
Craftspeople working precious metal
silversmiths · jewelers · woodworkers · weavers · potters
blacksmithswelders
Those who fuse metals
factory workers · industrial robots · machinists · machine operators · laser cutters
- blacksmith shopMetalworking tradesman's workplace