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Blacksmith Dave and his old assistant Dan [My Son].
Dan is home for the summer. He attends Ringling School of Design in Sarasota FL.
Chestnut roasters, toasting forks and pokers - festive and functional gifts
from a small group of blacksmiths who braved a cold and windy day!
Sometimes the owners of the shops were pausing in front of their businesses. The blacksmith looked a little bored and tired.
Squire Boone was a blacksmith by trade and would have had a building similar to this on his farm. This structure dates from 1769 and was moved to this site from nearby Amityville. Rural blacksmiths produced and repaired wrought-iron tools and hardware for farm and home, and they shod their horses and oxen.
Chestnut roasters, toasting forks and pokers - festive and functional gifts
from a small group of blacksmiths who braved a cold and windy day!
The blacksmith lapwing or blacksmith plover (Vanellus armatus), Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa. Its name derives from its metallic 'tink, tink, tink' alarm call, which suggests a blacksmith's hammer striking an anvil.
One of the most common plovers was the Blacksmith Lapwing. It utters a distinctive tink-tink-tink that sounds like a lightweight hammer hitting a small anvil. This one was at Arusha National Park.