[TheForge] Blacksmith -Farrier Yak?

Mon Sep 8 11:29:07 2003

I have also heard that in Germany, differentiation was made between smiths
that worked in shipyards/arsenals, smiths that worked solely with horses
making tack and wagon parts and smiths that made "personal" items.  These
latter smiths were referred to as "kunstschmeide."  I asked a German speaker
who told me this term can mean either artist or skilled worker.  I don't
have a definitive answer on the whole question.  Grant
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Tappan" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Blacksmith -Farrier Yak?


> As I understand it, it is kind of a blurred line. There have specialized
> farriers since the 1500's, but there were many fewer. Their numbers
> started to increase gradually throughout history, with farriers (like
> most specialized smiths) almost exclusively in cities until relatively
> recently, i.e. within the last 100 years. In rural areas, the blacksmith
> would still do horseshoeing in addition to his regular work, and in
> extremely secluded areas the blacksmith would have served a double
> purpose until horses were largely replaced with tractors. Then they
> moved on to being blacksmiths and mechanics. Someone will probably
> correct me on this, I request it because I have been giving this line at
> demos and would like to know if I am feeding people bullplop.
> Happy Hammering,
> Carl Tappan
>
> On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 16:45, [email protected] wrote:
> > I have a presentation to give on Blacksmithing before a local group and
I was
> > wondering if we could agree on when the "Blacksmith name gave away to
Farrier
> > being the one that shoes horses etc.
> >
> > Anyone else that has any insight on giving a presentation on the subject
of
> > blacksmithing and ironwork would be appreciated.
> >
> > Mike Ivey
> > Savannah River Forge
> > Augusta, Georgia
> > [email protected]
> >
> > Alex Bealer
> >
> >
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