iron forging
Hammering heated metal
Iron forging is the craft of shaping iron by heating it until malleable and hammering it into form.
The blacksmith's trade for millennia, it produces everything from horseshoes to decorative gates.
The term covers both the process and its products: The museum displays examples of 18th-century iron forging.
- blacksmithingForging iron by hand
- swage blockGrooved anvil for metalwork
- anvilMetal-shaping block
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metalworking method
iron forgingcasting
Shaping through liquid form
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