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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 55. Chapters: Dunstan, Toma Garrigue Masaryk, Blacksmith, John Deere, Makera Assada, Window shutter hardware, Lohar, Bob Fitzsimmons, Frohnauer Hammer, William Cockerill, Philip Simmons, Alex W. Bealer, Andrew Blackbird, Emad al-Janabi, Paul C. Whitin, Blacksmiths of western Africa, James Black, Alan Scott, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Thomas Davenport, Davies brothers of Wrexham, John Madigan, Marcus Aurelius Marius, Atsidi Sani, Paul Zimmermann A.W.C.B., Eliphalet Remington, David Latta, David Boyle, Joe Bianchi, Johan Petter Johansson, Gan Jiang and Mo Ye, Elizabeth Brim, Robert Brown, James Albertus Tawney, George Pringle Sanderson, Blacksmiths In Colonial America Time Period, Panday Pira, Jan Liwacz, Benjamin Blacksmith Shop, Pierre Michaux, Kiff Slemmons, John Rais, Coffee Johnny, L. Brent Kington, Peter Donahue, James Yorke, Nathaniel Allen, Robert Knight, George Kerr, Lewis Temple, Francis Whitaker, Charles Newbold, John Silvester, William Skelhorn, Elijah Stephens. Excerpt: A blacksmith is a person who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal; that is, by using tools to hammer, bend, and cut. Blacksmiths produce objects such as gates, grilles, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, tools, agricultural implements, decorative and religious items, cooking utensils, and weapons. Despite common usage, the person who shoes horses is a farrier, rather than a blacksmith. Many farriers have carried out both trades, but most modern or engineering smiths do not. The term "blacksmith" comes from the activity of "smiting" iron or the "Black" metal - So named due to the color of the metal after being heated (a key part of the blacksmithing process). Other types of craftsmanship are based on this word, for example the term "gunsmith." In the modern process of making guns the preferred method is by milling the...
