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Blacksmiths

Blacksmiths forge hot iron or steel into other objects. They create weapons such as swords, decorative items such as benches, or practical items such as horseshoes. Blacksmiths tend to have a good deal of upper body strength, due to swinging large hammers and dealing with heavy objects.

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What is a blacksmith called?

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There doesn't seem to be real name for a blacksmith's hammer. (At least I have not found any specific names for it....)

As a blacksmith, one of the most common hammers I use is called a cross pein. The other is a ball pein. Some companies will call a cross pein hammer a blacksmith hammer.

How did colonial blacksmiths dress?

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you could probally look on google images and find LOTS of ways they dress!

What did colonial blacksmiths eat?

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Horse shoes, iron pots, metal hangers, and tools. They would sometime, during times of crisis and/or war, they would make swords, help a gunsmith make guns, and even make buttons for the uniforms, and bullets for the soldiers, and cannon to help the war effort.

What are blacksmiths chores?

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making iron tools

What does a blacksmith use to make things?

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They use a hammer,drills, and other stuff

Did blacksmiths make keys?

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Usually, that would be the task of a locksmith. A locksmith would of course be involved in the creation of locks but also would be most qualified to make the accompanying keys (due to their specialist skills). A blacksmith would at best only be able to replicate existing keys for locks.

Why are fire tongs anvil and a blacksmith's hammer symbols of Hephaestus?

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Hephaestus is the blacksmith god. So ...

If an item cost 450 dollars in 1969 what would it cost in 2007?

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The website "http://www.austintxgensoc.org/calculatecpi.php" calculates the consumer price index, and converts dollar amounts in a given year to the value of those dollars in another year. According to its calculations, $450.00 in 1969 would be equivalent to $2,491.65 in 2007.

The workshop of a blacksmith is what?

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smithy

forge

Why would you expect to find cylinders of oxygen in blacksmiths workshops?

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to help with breathing in hot temperatures or when gas or dust is released

Where do blacksmiths-live?

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they live nearest to the milk maid;]

How do you heal your armor in World of Warcraft?

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You can repair armor at lots of npcs in the medium to large cities. Look for a character that has an anvil over them when you put the cursor over them.