blacksmith
Sign in to saveA blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such as gates, grilles, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, tools, agricultural implements, decorative and religious items, cooking utensils, and weapons. There was a historical distinction between the heavy work of the blacksmith and the more delicate operations of a whitesmith, who usually worked in gold, silver, pewter, or the finishing steps of fine steel. Th
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A blacksmith is a metalworker who shapes wrought iron and steel into useful and decorative objects by hammering, bending, and cutting the heated metal with specialized tools. Blacksmiths have historically created a wide range of items—from practical tools and weapons to furniture, gates, and religious objects—making them essential craftspeople in societies before industrial manufacturing.
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- Occupation.name
- Blacksmith
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- Occupation.caption
- Picture of Vince J. Heilman (1918–2000) taken by the local newspaper around 1970
- Occupation.type
- Profession
- Occupation.activity_sector
- Vocation
- Occupation.competencies
- Physical strength, conceptualization
- Occupation.employment_field
- Artist, Craftsman
- Occupation.related_occupation
- Farrier
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31 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Smithing process
- Forging
- Drawing
- Bending
- Upsetting
- Punching
- Combining processes
- Welding
- Finishing
- Blacksmith's materials
- Other metals
- Terminology
- History, prehistory, religion, and mythology
- Mythology
- Before the Iron Age
- Iron Age
- Medieval period
- Women
- Medieval blacksmithing techniques
- Industrial era
- Neoclassicism era
- 20th and 21st centuries
- Notable blacksmiths
- Mythological and religious
- Historical
- Modern
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such as gates, grilles, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, tools, agricultural implements, decorative and religious items, cooking utensils, and weapons. There was a historical distinction between the heavy work of the blacksmith and the more delicate operations of a whitesmith, who usually worked in gold, silver, pewter, or the finishing steps of fine steel. The place where a blacksmith works is variously called a smithy, a forge, or a '''blacksmith's shop'.
While there are many professions who work with metal, such as farriers, wheelwrights, and armorers, in former times the blacksmith had a general knowledge of how to make and repair many things, from the most complex of weapons and armor to simple things like nails or lengths of chain. thumb|Statue of a blacksmith (Monument to John Cockerill in Brussels).