shoeing horses usually and all kinds metal repair
Working in the sun, repairing steel equipment, shoeing horses and heating the forge with coal, figure they were much darker at the end of the day than they started out in the morning.
Yes, with all the horses they have, there is a need for blacksmiths.
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Horses and wagons could not have operated without blacksmiths. Blacksmiths did all the necessary repairs.
Blacksmiths did simple work with iron. They made and repaired farm equipment and often took care of shoeing horses. They might have made swords and such things, but not commonly, because good quality military equipment was made by armorers.
I'm sure colonial Virginia had many blacksmiths. The certainly had many horses.
blacksmiths or farriers take care of the horses shoes
just plain old nails!
Farriers are workers who specialize in shoeing horses.
Blacksmiths interact with people who own horses and carriages .
in a shed full of sheep