Blacksmithing-General Info

Working Iron: A Primer on Blacksmithing
https://www.artofmanliness.com/living/leisure/blacksmithing-primer/

  (SNIP) ... The box of nails we buy at the hardware store for a few dollars were once made one at a time–by hand.Visit a living history site and there will be a crowd around the blacksmith.  It pulls people in…How does he do that?

The methods Grampa Farrer used are essentially unchanged.  I call them the Three Hs: Heating, Holding and Hitting.   ---CONTINUED---