The Art of Blacksmithing |
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½ inch 4-inch thick andiron anvil face armor ball-pein hammer barrel bellows bend blacksmith blade blister steel blows bolt boss bottom bradded brought to welding carbon carbon steel cast iron century charcoal coal cold chisel color corner curved decorative diameter drawn drill edge equipment fastened fire flat bar flattened forge fork formed frizzen fuller handle hardened hardie hole heavy Hephaestus hinge horn hot iron inserted ironwork jaws legs light hammer metal mild steel modern molded nails orange-red pein pivot placed plate pritchel hole punched quenched right angle ring round scarfed screw scroll set hammer shank shape shoulder side slack tub smith socket split spring square strap surface swage swage block swords tang taper techniques tempering tenon thin tire tongs tool steel trip-hammers twisted upset usually vise Voulges welding heat Wootz steel wrought iron