Working Iron: A Primer on Blacksmithing
https://www.artofmanliness.com/living/leisure/blacksmithing-primer/
(SNIP) ... The box of nails we buy at the hardware store for a few dollars were once made one at a time–by hand.Visit a living history site and there will be a crowd around the blacksmith. It pulls people in…How does he do that?
The methods Grampa Farrer used are essentially unchanged. I call them the Three Hs: Heating, Holding and Hitting. ---CONTINUED---