Where blacksmiths important in medieval times?

Answer 1

they made armor or silverware for the king or rich villagers. like battle axes or swords they used a furnace to heat the metal then anvil to put red hot metal on it, then a hammer to shape the metal into body armor or swords

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Answer 2

For free time in the middle ages blacksmiths would make what we seem to never have enough of... nails. nails can take from 3 min. to 10 min. depending on skill but when blacksmiths had no orders they made these because one order might be thousands of nails and as for me I'd rather not make a couple thousand nails at once.

Answer 3

In exactly the same way they created metal objects before and after the medieval period. Blacksmithing changed very little from Roman to Victorian times.

A medieval blacksmith began with bars of iron that had already been smelted and purified. These were heated in a furnace which had leather bellows behind to introduce air and raise the temperature (an assistant was employed purely to work these bellows). When the metal reached a certain colour (indicating its correct temperature) the smith took it from the furnace with tongs and began to shape it with a hammer on the anvil.

The piece would quickly cool and would need to be re-heated before again being hammered. A skilled smith could shape nails, horseshoes, hinges, tools and fittings very quickly after many years of experience. Tools and knives would be "tempered" by quenching them in oil or water, giving them a much harder finish.

A trick used by medieval blacksmiths was to coat the finished object with beeswax while it was still hot - the wax melted and gave the iron a black, waterproof coating to help prevent rust.

Answer 4

Blacksmiths made everything metal: swords, armor, horse shoes, etc.

Answer 5

Black smiths where important in the medieval times because they made all the swords and house shoes ext..

Answer 6

Nothing it was a full time job.