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½ inch 4-inch thick andiron anvil face armor barrel bellows bending blacksmith blade blister steel blows bolt boss bottom bradded brought to welding cast iron century charcoal cherry red chisel cold chisel corner curved decorative diameter drawn dressed drill edge equipment farriers fastened fire flat bar flattened flintlock forge fork formed frizzen halberds handle hardening hardie hole heavy helmets Hephaestus hinge horn inserted ironwork jaws joined legs light hammer metal molded nailheaders nails orange-red pein piece of iron pivot placed plate portion pritchel hole punched quatrefoil right angle ring round scarfed screw scroll set hammer shank shape sheet iron shoulder side slack tub smith socket split square strap surface swage swage block swords tang taper techniques tempered tenon thin tire tongs twisted upset usually vise Voulges welding heat wheel white heat Wootz steel wrought iron