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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 are blacksmiths chores?

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There jobs are to steal peoples money or kidnap there children.

What were ancient Egyptian blacksmiths paid?

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Slaves possibly worked for blacksmiths in the southern US. There were blacksmiths all over the world who did not use slave labour.

What is the name of a factory were a blacksmith works?

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Either a blacksmith's smithy or a blacksmith's shop.

What is equivalent to a blacksmith today?

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Horse shoes, tools, metal parts on a horse drawn cart

Where did pioneer blacksmiths worked?

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Almost every town and city would have had a blacksmith. Not only did they create guns and horseshoes, they also creates farm tools, wagon axles and axes for lumberjacks. Life could not function properly without a blacksmith.It was there job to prepair certain item that dealed with metal or wood.

What does a blacksmith use to make things?

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metal items such as horse shoes, swords, armour, helmets, gates, fences, you name it, if it could be made out of metal a blacksmith could make it although im sure each smith had their own speciality at making cocks

How did blacksmiths make horseshoes?

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Naturally. Greeks had even archetype of blacksmith the name of which was Hephaestus.

Who did blacksmith interact with?

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Blacksmiths interact with people who own horses and carriages .

What Skills do I need to be a Blacksmith?

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You could make stuff and you could get paid for your work.

It is a hard job. You need a lot muscle like me :)

Do blacksmiths still exist today?

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Yeah the still do exist there jut few Of course Most do not

Make Swords and armor Some other types of Stuff they make is Iron gates , Fine art , And iron Furniture And the mostly make Iron tools .

What is a medieval blacksmiths salary?

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Yes, blacksmithing is a skilled job and they would be among the most valued workers in medieval times.

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

How old do you need to be for a blacksmith?

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That is a really hard question to answer.

It depends more on what branch of government that controls apprenticeships and what their rules and regulations say.

It would also depend if the apprenticeship board still recognizes blacksmithing as a trade.

That being said here is some information from the The Appalachian Blacksmiths Association about their standards for apprenticeships.

Where did medieval blacksmiths live?

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He lived in The Blacksmiths forge

Why was the Blacksmith's job so important in the viking's time?

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Blacksmiths were important to farmers because the blacksmiths kept the horses hooves clean and healthy so the farmers could gather in more crops and make more money. Horses were used to help carry some of the crops because a lot of plants can become very heavy. :-)

Who did blacksmiths work with?

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No. He only worked with heavy metal. Iron, bronze. A goldsmith or silversmith worked with gold and silver.

What is a medieval blacksmiths daily life?

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blacksmith have been well paid and they worked with there jorney men or apprentice and to make weapons swords bend mmetal and lots of other things

What did Roman blacksmiths wear?

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Blacksmiths in the 1500's did not have much in the way of specialized clothing. They typically wore wool shirts and pants with a thick leather apron over them in order to protect the clothing and themselves from burns.

What do you call a female blacksmith?

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A female blackslmith is sometimes called a "Farris".

What would a blacksmith boy wear?

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It is common to see a blacksmith working in a full-length heavy apron, and gloves to protect them from the heat. Also, heavy-duty shoes or boots are also worn over thick pants or jeans.

How long have blacksmiths existed?

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You have it the wrong way round. The blacksmith created tools for himself and the people who needed them, such as farmers, farriers and millers.

What did the blacksmiths do in the 1600s?

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Blacksmith use to make cups for rich people make house shoes and make tool such as hammers anvils and chisels i am doing a report on this so i hope it helps you