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About Metalsmithing
A metalsmith or simply smith is a casting it into shapes (founding),
craftsman fashioning useful items and filing to shape and size.
(for example, tools, kitchenware,
The prevalence of metalworking
tableware, jewellery, and weapons)
in the culture of recent centuries
out of various metals. Smithing
has led Smith and its equivalents
is one of the oldest metalworking
in various languages (German
occupations. Shaping metal
Schmidt, Portuguese Ferreiro,
with a hammer (forging) is
Ferreira, French Lefèvre, Spanish
the archetypical component of
Herrero, Italian Fabbri, Ferrari,
smithing. Often the hammering is
Ferrero, Ukrainian Koval etc.)
done while the metal is hot, having
to be a common occupational $50.00 $40.00
been heated in a forge. Smithing
surname. As a suffix, smith
can also involve the other Add To Cart Add To Cart
connotes a meaning of a
aspects of metalworking, such as
specialized craftsman.
refining metals from their ores
(traditionally done by smelting),

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