blacksmith

In Pompeii, there are Avianius, a teenager apprenticed to a blacksmith, and Julia Felix, a rare female businesswoman who runs a kind of spa cum entertainment center for the well-to-do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 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

Became a blacksmith — he put the shoes on the horses that Barton and his constables were going to use to pursue Las Manillas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

It’s hand-hammered by a blacksmith, resulting in a beautiful finish and an heirloom-quality roaster.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024

I give Pirrip as my father’s family name, on the authority of his tombstone and my sister,—Mrs. Joe Gargery, who married the blacksmith.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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

The amateur blacksmiths were hard at work: heating metal rods, then hammering them into shape.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023

They were doctors, lawyers, politicians, scientists, teachers, politicians, engineers, blacksmiths, generals, soldiers, artists, poets, writers, artisans, farmers, explorers, businesspeople, philosophers, and people from a range of other backgrounds.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2023

A more carefully worked gouache depicts another forge, where blacksmiths are crafting anchors in a smoldering central kiln.

From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022

The sound of the blacksmiths hammer on his anvil reminded me of Polly, our tardy serving girl.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson