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Published: 2006-05-01 14:47:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 2843; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 37
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The local farm museum only opens on Bank Holidays, so I popped down for a look. The blacksmith was forging a little dragon out of iron.Related content
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Nice pic, I'd love to learn that actually, nowadays it's usually silversmithing or jewellry only
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Yes, it's a shame there's not many places now where the skills can be learnt. There must be some places that still do it though as there's a bloke who runs a mobile farrier business near where I live and runs his forge from the back of a van.
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Going to take on a weekend-course now in ironsmithing and then a 8 day study-circle in iron-smithing both aimed for greenhorns like me aswell as veterans who'd like to improve or come back to basics..[here in Stockholm, Sweden] Looking forward to it.
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Sounds like fun, good luck with it
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Cheer's guess I'll need it hehe
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With all of those horseshoes I would suspect this guy would call himself a farrier not a blacksmith, perhaps?
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That's very true, although how many of them were actually made at that particular forge I wouldn't be able to tell you. It's not used very often these days, just when the museum is open which is only about eight days a year. I always try to visit at least once a year though as there's always something fascinating to watch, especially the craftsmen.
Many thanks for the 
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Well I do love to do blacksmithing and am all about supporting getting the smithing image out there.
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It's definitely a skill that needs keeping alive.
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Yes, thank you. It's good to find other people who find it as cool of a hobby as I do. While I am only an apprentice blacksmith, it's quite fun. Thank you for posting such a beautiful picture!
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No worries, and thank you for the
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Five Minutes! Five Minutes!
Lol, thankee
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Very cool photo! If the guy weren't wearing safety glasses and that shirt, it would be almost impossible to put a date on the image!
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Aye, very true.
I don't know why he had the safety glasses either, he never wore them properly even when using the anvil...
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I always find it amazing how it doesn't hurt a horses' feet
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Cheers for the
From what I understand, horses hooves are made from the same stuff as fingernails so it shouldn't hurt...
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Irony (pun intended) that he uses fire to forge a dragon!
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Aye
Sometimes I wish I could hit things with a hammer too, but in my job I'd get fired if I did that
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I used to light things on fire then hit them with a hammer at my last job, but the other zookeepers disapproved.
But, I guess they still liked me because they sent me off to this cozy place where they gave me a VERY snug jacket with long sleeves
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Cheers very much, I had to clean tea off of my monitor due to laughing
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We should all do some blacksmithing on the side! 
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I hear they have dragons in Wales
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They do indeed.
But we have em in Sussex too
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Hehe, the only dragons in Buckinghamshire are the 'George and... ' sort - they serve a good pint though
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