blacksmith

Also known as smith, ironsmith, ironworker, iron smith

A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such as gates, grilles, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, tools, agricultural implements, decorative and religious items, cooking utensils, and weapons. There was a historical distinction between the heavy work of the blacksmith and the more delicate operations of a whitesmith, who usually worked in gold, silver, pewter, or the finishing steps of fine steel. Th

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A blacksmith is a metalworker who shapes wrought iron and steel into useful and decorative objects by hammering, bending, and cutting the heated metal with specialized tools. Blacksmiths have historically created a wide range of items—from practical tools and weapons to furniture, gates, and religious objects—making them essential craftspeople in societies before industrial manufacturing.

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Occupation.name: Blacksmith
Occupation.image: 250px
Occupation.caption: Picture of Vince J. Heilman (1918–2000) taken by the local newspaper around 1970
Occupation.type: Profession
Occupation.activity_sector: Vocation
Occupation.competencies: Physical strength, conceptualization
Occupation.employment_field: Artist, Craftsman
Occupation.related_occupation: Farrier

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female form of label: forĝistino
Commons category: Blacksmiths
OpenStreetMap tag: craft=blacksmith
Commons gallery: Blacksmith
male form of label: ferreiro
P8168: Bundesstraße 246

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Contents

Etymology
Smithing process
Forging
Drawing
Bending
Upsetting
Punching
Combining processes
Welding
Finishing
Blacksmith's materials
Other metals
Terminology
History, prehistory, religion, and mythology
Mythology
Before the Iron Age
Iron Age
Medieval period
Women
Medieval blacksmithing techniques
Industrial era
Neoclassicism era
20th and 21st centuries
Notable blacksmiths
Mythological and religious
Historical
Modern
See also
Footnotes
References
External links

While there are many professions who work with metal, such as farriers, wheelwrights, and armorers, in former times the blacksmith had a general knowledge of how to make and repair many things, from the most complex of weapons and armor to simple things like nails or lengths of chain. thumb|Statue of a blacksmith (Monument to John Cockerill in Brussels).