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221 relations: Acetylene, Alberich, Alloy, Aluminium, Ama-Tsu-Mara, Anatolia, Anglo-Saxons, Anvil, Apprenticeship, Arc welding, Armour, Armourer, Arrowhead, Artes mechanicae, Artifact (archaeology), Artist-Blacksmith's Association of North America, Batraz, Bessemer process, Black-body radiation, Blacksmith Scene, Blacksmiths Festival, Blacksmiths of western Africa, Bladesmith, Blast furnace, Blowtorch, Bluing (steel), Book of Genesis, Brass, Brigid, Bronze, Bronze Age, Brooch, Car, Carbon, Case-hardening, Cast iron, Caste, Caucasus, Celtic mythology, Celts, Chalcolithic, Chalice, Charcoal, Chemical composition, Chisel, Circassians, Classical antiquity, Clockmaker, Coal, Coke (fuel), ... Expand index (171 more) »
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Acetylene
Acetylene (systematic name: ethyne) is the chemical compound with the formula and structure.
Alberich
In German heroic legend, Alberich is a dwarf.
Alloy
An alloy is a mixture of chemical elements of which in most cases at least one is a metallic element, although it is also sometimes used for mixtures of elements; herein only metallic alloys are described.
Aluminium
Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.
Ama-Tsu-Mara
Amatsumara(天津麻羅) (“one eye of heaven”) or (ironworker of heaven) also known as “Amenomahitotsu” (Heaven's Eye One Kami) is the Shinto kami of ironworking and blacksmiths, was discussed in the kojiki and is associated with the giant yokai Daidara-bocchi He is also the patron kami for black smiths. Blacksmith and Ama-Tsu-Mara are blacksmiths.
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Anatolia
Anatolia (Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula or a region in Turkey, constituting most of its contemporary territory.
Anglo-Saxons
The Anglo-Saxons, the English or Saxons of Britain, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages.
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Anvil
An anvil is a metalworking tool consisting of a large block of metal (usually forged or cast steel), with a flattened top surface, upon which another object is struck (or "worked").
Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship is a system for training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading).
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Arc welding
Arc welding is a welding process that is used to join metal to metal by using electricity to create enough heat to melt metal, and the melted metals, when cool, result in a binding of the metals.
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Armour
Armour (Commonwealth English) or armor (American English; see spelling differences) is a covering used to protect an object, individual, or vehicle from physical injury or damage, especially direct contact weapons or projectiles during combat, or from a potentially dangerous environment or activity (e.g.
Armourer
Historically, an armourer is a person who makes personal armour, especially plate armour.
Arrowhead
An arrowhead or point is the usually sharpened and hardened tip of an arrow, which contributes a majority of the projectile mass and is responsible for impacting and penetrating a target, as well as to fulfill some special purposes such as signaling.
Artes mechanicae
Artes mechanicae (mechanical arts) are a medieval concept of ordered practices or skills, often juxtaposed to the traditional seven liberal arts (artes liberales).
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Artifact (archaeology)
An artifact or artefact (British English) is a general term for an item made or given shape by humans, such as a tool or a work of art, especially an object of archaeological interest.
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Artist-Blacksmith's Association of North America
The Artist-Blacksmith's Association of North America (ABANA) was formed in 1973 to preserve and promote blacksmithing as an art and a craft. Blacksmith and Artist-Blacksmith's Association of North America are blacksmiths.
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Batraz
Batraz, Batradz, or Pataraz (Ossetian: Батыраз) is a central character in the North Caucasian myths known as the Nart sagas.
Bessemer process
The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace.
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Black-body radiation
Black-body radiation is the thermal electromagnetic radiation within, or surrounding, a body in thermodynamic equilibrium with its environment, emitted by a black body (an idealized opaque, non-reflective body).
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Blacksmith Scene
Blacksmith Scene (also known as Blacksmith Scene #1 and Blacksmithing Scene) is an 1893 American short black-and-white silent film directed by William K.L. Dickson, the Scottish-French inventor who, while under the employ of Thomas Edison, developed one of the first fully functional motion picture cameras.
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Blacksmiths Festival
Blacksmiths Festival is an annual blacksmith festival held in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine The festival is one of a number of cultural events that occur in Ivano-Frankivsk and contributed to the city winning the 2018 PACE Europe Prize. Blacksmith and blacksmiths Festival are blacksmiths.
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Blacksmiths of western Africa
Blacksmiths emerged in West Africa around 1500 BCE. Blacksmith and Blacksmiths of western Africa are blacksmiths.
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Bladesmith
Bladesmithing is the art of making knives, swords, daggers and other blades using a forge, hammer, anvil, and other smithing tools. Blacksmith and Bladesmith are metalworking occupations.
Blast furnace
A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally pig iron, but also others such as lead or copper.
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Blowtorch
A blowtorch, also referred to as a blowlamp, is an ambient air fuel-burning tool used for applying flame and heat to various applications, usually in metalworking.
Bluing (steel)
Bluing, sometimes spelled as blueing, is a passivation process in which steel is partially protected against rust using a black oxide coating.
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Book of Genesis
The Book of Genesis (from Greek; בְּרֵאשִׁית|Bərēʾšīṯ|In beginning; Liber Genesis) is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.
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Brass
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, in proportions which can be varied to achieve different colours and mechanical, electrical, acoustic and chemical properties, but copper typically has the larger proportion, generally 66% copper and 34% zinc.
Brigid
Brigid or Brigit (meaning 'exalted one'),Campbell, Mike See also Xavier Delamarre, brigantion / brigant-, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise (Éditions Errance, 2003) pp.
Bronze
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids, such as arsenic or silicon.
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.
Brooch
A brooch (also) is a decorative jewellery item designed to be attached to garments, often to fasten them together.
Car
A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels.
Carbon
Carbon is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6.
Case-hardening
Case-hardening or carburization is the process of introducing carbon to the surface of a low carbon iron or much more commonly low carbon steel object in order to enable the surface to be hardened.
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Cast iron
Cast iron is a class of iron–carbon alloys with a carbon content of more than 2% and silicon content around 1–3%.
Caste
A caste is a fixed social group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification: a caste system.
Caucasus
The Caucasus or Caucasia, is a transcontinental region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia.
Celtic mythology
Celtic mythology is the body of myths belonging to the Celtic peoples.
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Celts
The Celts (see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples were a collection of Indo-European peoples.
Chalcolithic
The Chalcolithic (also called the Copper Age and Eneolithic) was an archaeological period characterized by the increasing use of smelted copper.
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Chalice
A chalice (from Latin calix 'mug', borrowed from Ancient Greek κύλιξ 'cup') or goblet is a footed cup intended to hold a drink.
Charcoal
Charcoal is a lightweight black carbon residue produced by strongly heating wood (or other animal and plant materials) in minimal oxygen to remove all water and volatile constituents.
Chemical composition
A chemical composition specifies the identity, arrangement, and ratio of the chemical elements making up a compound by way of chemical and atomic bonds.
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Chisel
A chisel is a wedged hand tool with a characteristically shaped cutting edge on the end of its blade, for carving or cutting a hard material (e.g. wood, stone, or metal).
Circassians
The Circassians or Circassian people, also called Cherkess or Adyghe (Adyghe and Adygekher) are a Northwest Caucasian ethnic group and nation who originated in Circassia, a region and former country in the North Caucasus.
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Classical antiquity
Classical antiquity, also known as the classical era, classical period, classical age, or simply antiquity, is the period of cultural European history between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD comprising the interwoven civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome known together as the Greco-Roman world, centered on the Mediterranean Basin.
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Clockmaker
A clockmaker is an artisan who makes and/or repairs clocks.
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.
Coke (fuel)
Coke is a grey, hard, and porous coal-based fuel with a high carbon content.
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Cold working
In metallurgy, cold forming or cold working is any metalworking process in which metal is shaped below its recrystallization temperature, usually at the ambient temperature.
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Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting against the United States forces to win the independence of the Southern states and uphold and expand the institution of slavery.
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Copper
Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.
Coppersmith
A coppersmith, also known as a brazier, is a person who makes artifacts from copper and brass.
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Cornwall
Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
Crystallite
A crystallite is a small or even microscopic crystal which forms, for example, during the cooling of many materials.
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Cyprus
Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Decarburization
Decarburization (or decarbonization) is the process of decreasing carbon content, which is the opposite of carburization.
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Deity
A deity or god is a supernatural being considered to be sacred and worthy of worship due to having authority over the universe, nature or human life.
Deva (Hinduism)
Deva (Sanskrit: देव) means "shiny", "exalted", "heavenly being", "divine being", "anything of excellence", and is also one of the Sanskrit terms used to indicate a deity in Hinduism.
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Ductility
Ductility refers to the ability of a material to sustain significant plastic deformation before fracture.
Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney Jr. (December 8, 1765January 8, 1825) was an American inventor, widely known for inventing the cotton gin in 1793, one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution that shaped the economy of the Antebellum South.
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Elizabeth Brim
Elizabeth Brim is a blacksmith as well as an instructor at the Penland School of Crafts in Penland, North Carolina.
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Empire style
The Empire style (style Empire) is an early-nineteenth-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts, representing the second phase of Neoclassicism.
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Factory
A factory, manufacturing plant or production plant is an industrial facility, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or operate machines which process each item into another.
Farrier
A farrier is a specialist in equine hoof care, including the trimming and balancing of horses' hooves and the placing of shoes on their hooves, if necessary.
Federal government of the United States
The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district/national capital of Washington, D.C., where most of the federal government is based.
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Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.
Firearm
A firearm is any type of gun that uses an explosive charge and is designed to be readily carried and used by an individual.
Firescale
Firestain is a layer of oxides that is visible on the surface of objects made of metal alloys containing copper when the object is heated, as by a jeweler heating a ring to apply solder during a repair.
Forge
A forge is a type of hearth used for heating metals, or the workplace (smithy) where such a hearth is located.
Forge welding
Forge welding (FOW), also called fire welding, is a solid-state welding process that joins two pieces of metal by heating them to a high temperature and then hammering them together.
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Forging
Forging is a manufacturing process involving the shaping of metal using localized compressive forces.
Fortification
A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.
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Fuller (metalworking)
In metalworking, a fuller is a tool used to form metal when hot.
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Gear
A gear or gearwheel is a rotating machine part typically used to transmit rotational motion and/or torque by means of a series of teeth that engage with compatible teeth of another gear or other part.
Goddess
A goddess is a female deity.
Gofannon
Gofannon is a Middle Welsh reflex of Gobannus, one of the deities worshipped by the ancient Celts.
Goibniu
In Irish mythology, Goibniu (Gaibhne) was the metalsmith of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
Gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.
Goldsmith
A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Blacksmith and goldsmith are metalworking occupations.
Gram (mythology)
In Norse mythology, Gram (Old Norse Gramr, meaning "Wrath"), also known as Balmung or Nothung, is the sword that Sigurd used to kill the dragon Fafnir.
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Great Britain
Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.
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Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.
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Greeks
The Greeks or Hellenes (Έλληνες, Éllines) are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Albania, Anatolia, parts of Italy and Egypt, and to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. They also form a significant diaspora, with many Greek communities established around the world..
Greenlandic Inuit
The Greenlandic Inuit (kalaallit, Grønlandsk Inuit) are the indigenous and most populous ethnic group in Greenland.
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Hamstringing
Hamstringing is a method of crippling a person or animal so that they cannot walk properly by severing the hamstring tendons in the thigh of the individual.
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Heat treating
Heat treating (or heat treatment) is a group of industrial, thermal and metalworking processes used to alter the physical, and sometimes chemical, properties of a material.
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Hefaiston
The Hefaiston is an annual gathering and international competition of blacksmiths that is held at the Helfštýn castle, Czech Republic.
Henry Maudslay
Henry Maudslay (pronunciation and spelling) (22 August 1771 – 14 February 1831) was an English machine tool innovator, tool and die maker, and inventor.
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Hephaestus
Hephaestus (eight spellings; Hḗphaistos) is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture and volcanoes.
Hittites
The Hittites were an Anatolian Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of Bronze Age West Asia.
Homer
Homer (Ὅμηρος,; born) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature.
Horse
The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal.
Human
Humans (Homo sapiens, meaning "thinking man") or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo.
Iliad
The Iliad (Iliás,; " about Ilion (Troy)") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.
Ilmarinen
Ilmarinen (also known as Ilmari and takoja iänikuinen or "the eternal hammerer"), a blacksmith and inventor in the Kalevala, is a god and archetypal artificer from Finnish mythology.
Incision and drainage
Incision and drainage (I&D), also known as clinical lancing, are minor surgical procedures to release pus or pressure built up under the skin, such as from an abscess, boil, or infected paranasal sinus.
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Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.
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Induction heating
Induction heating is the process of heating electrically conductive materials, namely metals or semi-conductors, by electromagnetic induction, through heat transfer passing through an inductor that creates an electromagnetic field within the coil to heat up and possibly melt steel, copper, brass, graphite, gold, silver, aluminum, or carbide.
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Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of the human economy towards more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the Agricultural Revolution.
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Interchangeable parts
Interchangeable parts are parts (components) that are identical for practical purposes.
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Inughuit
The Inughuit (also spelled Inuhuit), or the Smith Sound Inuit, historically Arctic Highlanders or Polar Eskimos, are Greenlandic Inuit.
Iron
Iron is a chemical element.
Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.
Ironmongery
Ironmongery originally referred, first, to the manufacture of iron goods and, second, to the place of sale of such items for domestic rather than industrial use.
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Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk (Івано-Франківськ), formerly Stanyslaviv, Stanislav and Stanisławów, is a city in western Ukraine.
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James Black (blacksmith)
James Black (May 1, 1800 – June 22, 1872) was an American knifemaker best known for his improvements to the Bowie knife designed by Jim Bowie.
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Jewellery
Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks.
John Silvester (blacksmith)
John Silvester (1652 – 5 May 1722) held the Lordship of Birthwaite and Kexborough, near Barnsley, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire, which he bought from Sir Francis Burdett in the late 16th or early 17th century.
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Kalevala
The Kalevala is a 19th-century compilation of epic poetry, compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology, telling an epic story about the Creation of the Earth, describing the controversies and retaliatory voyages between the peoples of the land of Kalevala called Väinölä and the land of Pohjola and their various protagonists and antagonists, as well as the construction and robbery of the epic mythical wealth-making machine Sampo.
Kaveh the Blacksmith
Kaveh the Blacksmith (Kāve Āhangar) is a figure in Iranian mythology who leads an uprising against a ruthless foreign ruler, Zahāk. Blacksmith and Kaveh the Blacksmith are blacksmiths.
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Kurdalægon
Kurdalægon (Куырдалӕгон), also spelled and known as Kuịrdalägon, Kurd-Alägon, Aläugon, Kurd-Alä-Uärgon, is the heavenly deity of blacksmiths in Ossetian mythology.
Late Bronze Age collapse
The Late Bronze Age collapse was a time of widespread societal collapse during the 12th century BC associated with environmental change, mass migration, and the destruction of cities.
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Lathe
A lathe is a machine tool that rotates a workpiece about an axis of rotation to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, deformation, facing, threading and turning, with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object with symmetry about that axis.
Limbers and caissons
A limber is a two-wheeled cart designed to support the trail of an artillery piece, or the stock of a field carriage such as a caisson or traveling forge, allowing it to be towed.
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Louis XVI style
Louis XVI style, also called Louis Seize, is a style of architecture, furniture, decoration and art which developed in France during the 19-year reign of Louis XVI (1774–1792), just before the French Revolution.
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Mabinogion
The Mabinogion are the earliest Welsh prose stories, and belong to the Matter of Britain.
Machinist
A machinist is a tradesperson or trained professional who operates machine tools, and has the ability to set up tools such as milling machines, grinders, lathes, and drilling machines. Blacksmith and machinist are metalworking occupations.
Makera Assada
Makera Assada is among the areas that form the town of Sokoto state of Nigeria. Blacksmith and Makera Assada are blacksmiths.
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Malleable iron
Malleable iron is cast as white iron, the structure being a metastable carbide in a pearlitic matrix.
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Meander (art)
A meander or meandros (Μαίανδρος) is a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif.
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Mechanic
A mechanic is a skilled tradesperson who uses tools to build, maintain, or repair machinery, especially cars.
Melting
Melting, or fusion, is a physical process that results in the phase transition of a substance from a solid to a liquid.
Melting point
The melting point (or, rarely, liquefaction point) of a substance is the temperature at which it changes state from solid to liquid.
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Metal
A metal is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well.
Metal casting
In metalworking and jewelry making, casting is a process in which a liquid metal is delivered into a mold (usually by a crucible) that contains a negative impression (i.e., a three-dimensional negative image) of the intended shape.
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Metallurgy
Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys.
Metalsmith
A metalsmith or simply smith is a craftsperson fashioning useful items (for example, tools, kitchenware, tableware, jewelry, armor and weapons) out of various metals.
Meteoric iron
Meteoric iron, sometimes meteoritic iron, is a native metal and early-universe protoplanetary-disk remnant found in meteorites and made from the elements iron and nickel, mainly in the form of the mineral phases kamacite and taenite.
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Midwife
A midwife (midwives) is a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns around childbirth, a specialization known as midwifery.
Nart saga
The Nart sagas (Abkhaz: Нарҭаа ражәабжьқәа; Nartaa raƶuabƶkua; translit; translit) are a series of tales originating from the North Caucasus.
National School of Blacksmithing
The National School of Blacksmithing (NSB) is part of Herefordshire and Ludlow College, a college of further education (FE).
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Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.
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Native state
In biochemistry, the native state of a protein or nucleic acid is its properly folded and/or assembled form, which is operative and functional.
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Natural gas
Natural gas (also called fossil gas, methane gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane (95%) in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes.
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Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity.
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Niðhad
King Niðhad, Níðuðr, Niðungr or Niduth was a cruel king in Germanic legend.
Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element; it has symbol Ni and atomic number 28.
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.
Norse mythology
Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Nordic folklore of the modern period.
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Odin
Odin (from Óðinn) is a widely revered god in Germanic paganism.
Ogun
Ogun or Ogoun (Yoruba: Ògún, Edo: Ògún, Portuguese: Ogum, Gu; also spelled Oggun or Ogou; known as Ogún or Ogum in Latin America) is a Yoruba spirit that appears in several African religions.
Old English
Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.
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Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages.
Ore
Ore is natural rock or sediment that contains one or more valuable minerals concentrated above background levels, typically containing metals, that can be mined, treated and sold at a profit.
Orisha
Orishas (singular: orisha) are divine spirits that play a key role in the Yoruba religion of West Africa and several religions of the African diaspora that derive from it, such as Haitian Vaudou, Cuban, Dominican and Puerto Rican Santería and Brazilian Candomblé.
Ossetians
The Ossetians (or; Ossetic), also known as Ossetes, Ossets, and Alans, are an Eastern Iranian ethnic group who are indigenous to Ossetia, a region situated across the northern and southern sides of the Caucasus Mountains.
Oxide
An oxide is a chemical compound containing at least one oxygen atom and one other element in its chemical formula.
Oxidizing and reducing flames
A flame is affected by the fuel introduced and the oxygen available.
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Oxy-fuel welding and cutting
Principle of burn cutting Oxy-fuel welding (commonly called oxyacetylene welding, oxy welding, or gas welding in the United States) and oxy-fuel cutting are processes that use fuel gases (or liquid fuels such as gasoline or petrol, diesel, biodiesel, kerosene, etc) and oxygen to weld or cut metals.
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Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.
Panday Pira
Panday Pira (Kapampángan: Pandeng Pira; 1488–1576) was a Filipino kapampángan blacksmith His name literally translates as "Blacksmith Pira", panday being the Tagalog word for "blacksmith". Blacksmith and panday Pira are blacksmiths.
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Paul Zimmermann (blacksmith)
Paul Zimmermann A.W.C.B. (born 1939) is a German blacksmith who created contemporary forge work.
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Persian mythology
Iranian mythology, or Persian mythology in western term (اسطورهشناسی ایرانی), is the body of the myths originally told by ancient Persians and other Iranian peoples and a genre of ancient Persian folklore.
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Pewter
Pewter is a malleable metal alloy consisting of tin (85–99%), antimony (approximately 5–10%), copper (2%), bismuth, and sometimes silver.
Phoenicia
Phoenicia, or Phœnicia, was an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization originating in the coastal strip of the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon.
Plasticine
Plasticine is a putty-like modelling material made from calcium salts, petroleum jelly and aliphatic acids.
Poetic Edda
The Poetic Edda is the modern name for an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems in alliterative verse.
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Profession
A profession is a field of work that has been successfully professionalized.
Proto-Germanic language
Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Ptah
Ptah (ptḥ, reconstructed; Φθά; ⲡⲧⲁϩ; Phoenician: 𐤐𐤕𐤇, romanized: ptḥ) is an ancient Egyptian deity, a creator god and patron deity of craftsmen and architects.
Quenching
In materials science, quenching is the rapid cooling of a workpiece in water, gas, oil, polymer, air, or other fluids to obtain certain material properties.
Rape
Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent.
Ratchet (device)
A ratchet (occasionally spelled rachet) is a mechanical device that allows continuous linear or rotary motion in only one direction while preventing motion in the opposite direction.
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Regin
In Norse mythology, Reginn (Old Norse: ᚱᛁᚼᛁᚾ/ᚱᛁᚽᛁᚿ; often anglicized as Regin or Regan) is a son of Hreiðmarr and the foster father of Sigurð.
Rigveda
The Rigveda or Rig Veda (ऋग्वेद,, from ऋच्, "praise" and वेद, "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (sūktas).
Rivet
A rivet is a permanent mechanical fastener.
Roland Greefkes
Roland Cornelis Greefkes (May 27, 1941 – August 17, 2021) was a Dutch-American master iron smith.
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Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
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Roman mythology
Roman mythology is the body of myths of ancient Rome as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans, and is a form of Roman folklore.
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Rust
Rust is an iron oxide, a usually reddish-brown oxide formed by the reaction of iron and oxygen in the catalytic presence of water or air moisture.
Saint Clement's Day
Saint Clement's Day was traditionally, and in some places still is, celebrated on 23 November, a festival between Halloween and Christmas.
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Samuel Colt
Samuel Colt (July 19, 1814 – January 10, 1862) was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company and made the mass production of revolvers commercially viable.
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Screw-cutting lathe
A screw-cutting lathe is a machine (specifically, a lathe) capable of cutting very accurate screw threads via single-point screw-cutting, which is the process of guiding the linear motion of the tool bit in a precisely known ratio to the rotating motion of the workpiece.
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Shamanism
Shamanism or samanism is a religious practice that involves a practitioner (shaman or saman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance.
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it.
Silver
Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag (derived from Proto-Indo-European ''*h₂erǵ'')) and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite.
Silversmith
A silversmith is a metalworker who crafts objects from silver. Blacksmith and silversmith are metalworking occupations.
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Slag
Slag is a by-product of smelting (pyrometallurgical) ores and recycled metals.
Sledgehammer
A sledgehammer is a tool with a large, flat, often metal head, attached to a long handle.
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Smelting
Smelting is a process of applying heat and a chemical reducing agent to an ore to extract a desired base metal product.
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the three branches of the federal government.
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Sons of Ivaldi
In Norse mythology, the Sons of Ivaldi (Norse: Ívaldasynir) are a group of dwarfs who fashion Skíðblaðnir, the flying ship of Freyr, Gungnir, the spear belonging to Odin, as well as the golden hair for Sif to replace the hair that Loki had cut off.
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Steel
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with improved strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron.
Sulfide
Sulfide (also sulphide in British English) is an inorganic anion of sulfur with the chemical formula S2− or a compound containing one or more S2− ions.
Sulfur
Sulfur (also spelled sulphur in British English) is a chemical element; it has symbol S and atomic number 16.
Svarog
Svarog is a Slavic god of fire and blacksmithing, who was once interpreted as a sky god on the basis of an etymology rejected by modern scholarship. He is mentioned in only one source, the Primary Chronicle, which is problematic in interpretation. He is presented there as the Slavic equivalent of the Greek god Hephaestus.
Swaging
Swaging is a forging process in which the dimensions of an item are altered using dies into which the item is forced.
Swarf
Swarf, also known as chips or by other process-specific names (such as turnings, filings, or shavings), are pieces of metal, wood, or plastic that are the debris or waste resulting from machining, woodworking, or similar subtractive (material-removing) manufacturing processes.
Tarnhelm
The Tarnhelm is a magic helmet in Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (written 1848–1874; first perf. 1876).
Thor
Thor (from Þórr) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism.
Tin
Tin is a chemical element; it has symbol Sn and atomic number 50.
Tinsmith
A tinsmith is a person who makes and repairs things made of tin or other light metals. Blacksmith and tinsmith are metalworking occupations.
Titanium
Titanium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ti and atomic number 22.
Tlepsh
Tlepsh (Adyghe Лъэпш) is a mythological figure who appears (as a blacksmith and also a powerful leader) in some cycles of the Nart sagas of the Caucasus, in which his Ossetian counterpart is the smith Kurdalægon.
Tool steel
Tool steel is any of various carbon steels and alloy steels that are particularly well-suited to be made into tools and tooling, including cutting tools, dies, hand tools, knives, and others.
Torah
The Torah (תּוֹרָה, "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
Traveling forge
A traveling forge, when combined with a limber, comprised wagons specifically designed and constructed as blacksmith shops on wheels to carry the essential equipment necessary for blacksmiths, artisans (called artificers in many armies) and farriers to both shoe horses and repair wagons and artillery equipment for both U.S.
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Treaty
A treaty is a formal, legally binding written agreement concluded by sovereign states in international law.
Trip hammer
A trip hammer, also known as a tilt hammer or helve hammer, is a massive powered hammer.
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Trojan War
The Trojan War was a legendary conflict in Greek mythology that took place around the 12th or 13th century BC.
Tuatha Dé Danann
The Tuatha Dé Danann (meaning "the folk of the goddess Danu"), also known by the earlier name Tuath Dé ("tribe of the gods"), are a supernatural race in Irish mythology.
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Tubal-cain
Tubal-cain or Tubalcain (תּוּבַל קַיִן – Tūḇal Qayīn) is a person mentioned in the Bible, in, known for being the first blacksmith. Blacksmith and Tubal-cain are blacksmiths.
Tvashtr
Tvashtr (त्वष्टृ) or Tvashta (त्वष्टा) is a Vedic artisan god or fashioner.
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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Vocation
A vocation is an occupation to which a person is especially drawn or for which they are suited, trained or qualified.
Vulcan (mythology)
Vulcan (Vulcanus, in archaically retained spelling also Volcanus, both pronounced) is the god of fire including the fire of volcanoes, deserts, metalworking and the forge in ancient Roman religion and myth.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
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Wayland the Smith
In Germanic mythology, Wayland the Smith (Wēland;, Velent; Old Frisian: Wela(n)du; Wieland der Schmied; Wiolant; Galans (Galant) in Old French; italic from Wilą-ndz, lit. "crafting one") is a master blacksmith originating in Germanic heroic legend, described by Jessie Weston as "the weird and malicious craftsman, Weyland".
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Welding
Welding is a fabrication process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, primarily by using high temperature to melt the parts together and allow them to cool, causing fusion.
Wheelwright
A wheelwright is a craftsman who builds or repairs wooden wheels.
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Whitesmith
A whitesmith is a metalworker who does finishing work on iron and steel such as filing, lathing, burnishing or polishing.
Woodturning
Woodturning is the craft of using a wood lathe with hand-held tools to cut a shape that is symmetrical around the axis of rotation.
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Wootz steel
Wootz steel is a crucible steel characterized by a pattern of bands and high carbon content.
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Work hardening
Work hardening, also known as strain hardening, is the process by which a material's load-bearing capacity (strength) increases during plastic (permanent) deformation.
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Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths
The Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths is one of the livery companies of the City of London.
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Wrought iron
Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content (less than 0.05%) in contrast to that of cast iron (2.1% to 4.5%).
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Yoruba people
The Yoruba people (Ọmọ Odùduwà, Ọmọ Káàárọ̀-oòjíire) are a West African ethnic group who mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo.
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Zahhak
Zahhāk or Zahāk (ضحّاک), also known as Zahhak the Snake Shoulder (Zahhāk-e Mārdoush), is an evil figure in Persian mythology, evident in ancient Persian folklore as Azhi Dahāka (اژی دهاک), the name by which he also appears in the texts of the Avesta.
Zinc
Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30.
See also
Blacksmiths
- Ama-Tsu-Mara
- Artist-Blacksmith's Association of North America
- Blacksmith
- Blacksmiths Festival
- Blacksmiths of western Africa
- Brokkr
- Christian Lower
- Columb the Smith
- Eitri
- Emad al-Janabi
- Even Torkildsen Lande
- Frohnauer Hammer
- Gan Jiang and Mo Ye
- Ginninderra Blacksmith's Shop
- Jan de Doot
- John Harvey (ironfounder)
- John Morrison (blacksmith)
- Joseph Malboeuf, dit Beausoleil
- Kaveh the Blacksmith
- Kpee language
- Makera Assada
- Marcus Aurelius Marius
- Ole Gabriel Kverneland
- Panday Pira
- Ramon Martí i Martí
- Tang Long (Water Margin)
- Tonjon language
- Tubal-cain
Metalworking occupations
- Bellfounding
- Blacksmith
- Blacksmiths
- Bladesmith
- Boilermaker
- Boilermakers
- Foundrymen
- Girdler
- Goldsmith
- Gunsmith
- Iron founder
- Ironmaster
- Ironmongers
- Ironworker
- Ironworkers
- List of metalworking occupations
- Locksmithing
- Münzmeister
- Münzwardein
- Machinist
- Machinists
- Metalsmiths
- Metalworkers
- Millwrights
- Moldmaker
- Sawfiler
- Shipfitter
- Silversmith
- Tinsmith
- Welder
- Welders
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