blacksmith
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He then asked a local blacksmith to turn his idea into a functional device.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
Guests stroll into blacksmith shops and corn mills, dine on cinnamon bread and other local delicacies, and seek quiet time in an authentic Appalachian chapel.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
After some trial and error, he and a local blacksmith retrofitted a hand-cranked coffee mill so that it could efficiently twist wire into uniform barbs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
So he reduced the business, now run by his son Gareth, to a manageable size with his son-in-law blacksmith and two daughters also involved.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025
Richard was the son of a blacksmith, but he had no interest in designing load-bearing machines such as watermills or windmills.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Joe said there were more blacksmiths than people might expect, with about 1,800 members of the British Artistic Blacksmithing Association.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Metals get softer when they are heated, which is how blacksmiths can form iron into complex shapes by heating it red hot.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024
In Denny’s telling, dreams of wizards and blacksmiths, dark forests and dank castles shape the newest digital realms.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
The amateur blacksmiths were hard at work: heating metal rods, then hammering them into shape.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
‘It sounds like a hundred blacksmiths all smithying together,’ said Sam to Frodo.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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