[TheForge] Iraqi blacksmiths at work

[Craig Schaefer]

Brass hammers for taking apart old bombs without making sparks?



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From: "Mike Spencer" <mspencer at tallships.ca>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Iraqi blacksmiths at work


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>> http://www.iraqslogger.com/index.php/post/3920/Iraqi_Blacksmiths_Putting_Metal_to_Fire
>
>     Karbala, IRAQ: An Iraqi blacksmith displays a pair of hammers
>     made he made in his workshop in the southern city of Karbala 18
>     May 2006.
>
> Hammers?  Anybody have any idea what he's displaying?  Looks like it
> might be cast from copper or spent brass.  But what kind of "hammers"
> would those things be?
>
> - Mike
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