[TheForge] blacksmith process

[Demon Buddha]

George Dixon wrote:
> 
> Does it seem reasonable, in regards to process, that blacksmithing has
> an array of processes, as does machine-shop work or cut & weld
> fabrication.  So what makes "blacksmithing" (as delineated by process)
> either "traditional" or "contemporary" is the design and/or motif rather
> than the process used to make it.

	I think the whole debate is based in a flawed premise, that be
	that there is some absolute quality to "tradition".  One man's
	traditional style is another's avante garde.  It's all a matter
	of perception.