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A blacksmith monk, from a medieval French manuscript A Roma smith and his forge in Wallachia, by Dieudonné Lancelot , 1860. In the medieval period, blacksmithing was considered part of the set of seven mechanical arts. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, a "village smithy" was a staple of every town. Factories and mass-production reduced the ...
According to George Monbiot, the blacksmith is a motif of folklore throughout (and beyond) Europe associated with malevolence (the medieval vision of Hell may draw upon the image of the smith at his forge), and several variant tales tell of smiths entering into a pact with the devil to obtain fire and the means of smelting metal. [8]
Gorō Nyūdō Masamune (五郎入道正宗, Priest Gorō Masamune, c. 1264 –1343) [2] was a medieval Japanese blacksmith widely acclaimed as Japan's greatest swordsmith. He created swords and daggers, known in Japanese as tachi and tantō, in the Sōshū school.
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The anvil serves as a workbench to the blacksmith, where the metal to be forged is worked. Anvils may seem clunky and heavy, but they are a highly refined tool carefully shaped to suit a blacksmith's needs. Anvils are made of cast or wrought iron with a tool steel face welded on or of a single piece of cast or forged tool steel. Some anvils are ...
Wayland in Fredrik Sander's 1893 Swedish edition of the Poetic Edda. In Germanic mythology, Wayland the Smith (Old English: Wēland; Old Norse: Vǫlundr [ˈvɔlundr̩], Velent; Old Frisian: Wela(n)du; German: Wieland der Schmied; Old High German: Wiolant; Galans (Galant) in Old French; [1] Proto-Germanic: * Wēlandaz from *Wilą-ndz, lit. "crafting one" [2]) is a master blacksmith originating ...
The Blacksmiths' Arms pub, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham The Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths ranks fortieth among the ancient livery companies of the City of London.. First mentioned in a Court record of 1299, [1] London's blacksmiths evolved from a religious fraternity into a guild before being granted the status of a Company by Royal Charter in 1571.
A blacksmith works with iron and steel (this is what is usually meant when referring just to "smith"). A farrier is a type of blacksmith who specializes in making and fitting horseshoes. A bladesmith forges knives, swords, and other blades. A brownsmith works with brass and copper. [3] [citation needed] A coinsmith works strictly with coins and ...