You have good taste and you take the time to find that perfect gift for the ones you care about. I would like to introduce blacksmith made to your unique gift selection.
Blacksmith Insuring Blacksmith Made Quality
What does “blacksmith made” mean?
Blacksmith made means, you care enough to give the very best. Blacksmith made items are unique in many ways. The median the smith is working with is heated and reshaped or reformed into some other form. This procedure is done with various tools and hammers. This process is called hand forging, this makes for unique individual items, not mass produced.
Unique Blacksmith Made Gifts
Where does “Blacksmith” come from?
Blacksmith derived from a person working with iron or steel median. When steel is heated and cools down it becomes black. Therefore, this makes the person working with steel a blacksmith.
Thus, the persons who worked with:
- gold would be a goldsmith
- copper would be a copper smith
- tin would be a tinsmith
- silver would be a silversmith
Copper gnome letter opener
Dewey the blacksmith.
I am a welder by trade, welding and custom fabrication puts the majority of the food on our table. I started working with steel at a very young age at “Joe’s machine shop” my dads welding and repair business (modern day blacksmith shop).
About 14 years ago my wife and I started to dabble in the art of blacksmithing. I had n0 idea the possibilities one could create with steel. With this lifelong journey of working steel, fabricating steel is pretty much second nature. Blacksmithing on the other hand is another whole adventure. I only wish the forge and anvil had crossed my path 30 years ago.
Coal forge waiting for iron
I fell in love with the art form almost immediately. I will never forget how exciting it was the first time I tried blacksmithing. The smell of the coal fired forge and the feel of the heat radiating from the hot iron will always be with me. When the steel is heated in the forge it becomes very soft and flexible, almost like clay or play dough. An artist blacksmith once told me “it’s just like working with play dough, only a little bit hotter“. At this point it became apparent to me that my imagination was the only limitation. From that day, to the present and into the future, I now know what I was put on the earth to do.
Artist Blacksmith, Dewey
It’s alive.
In the past years my wife and I have met many excellent artist blacksmiths. We look forward to meeting many more throughout our blacksmithing endeavors. Whenever we set up for a public demonstration we always hear how the art of blacksmithing is a dying art. Well, the good news is that it isn’t dying, it is flourishing and growing strong. You didn’t think that a trade so deeply woven in the fabric of our society would actually fad away.
Blacksmithing Still Alive In 2010
From the beginning of the human race, the blacksmith was an important asset to their community. If you needed an ax to chop down the trees for a log cabin, you went to the village blacksmith and got a blacksmith made ax. It was the blacksmith that made the tool for building the houses. The nails that held the houses and buildings together were blacksmith made. The hinges that secured the doors and mammoth gates were all blacksmith made by the village blacksmith.
Blacksmith made door hinges
Modern artist blacksmith.
Granted the roll as the blacksmith has changed over time. The blacksmith of today is more of an artist. We still make tools and gidget-gadgets, but it is impossible for us to compete with the industrial methods of making common everyday tools. This is where the artist part of blacksmithing comes into play.
Gnome bottle opener
Blacksmith Made.
As today’s artist blacksmiths we provide our community with blacksmith made items.
- unique one of a kind art pieces
- personalized custom creations
- specialty tools for specific jobs
- decorative iron fencing
- home decorating accents
The list goes on and on.
Leaf Hopper Bug
Closing the circle.
When you purchase blacksmith made products you help support the art of blacksmithing. You could say you are keeping the art of blacksmithing alive. When you buy blacksmith made you are buying unique one of a kind, not one of thousands. I love it when people call me and thank me for the awesome gift they received from a loved one in their life. I am glad that we as artist blacksmiths can provide our communities with blacksmith made creations to enjoy.
One of a kind stainless steel rose
Got blacksmith made?
I encourage you to take advantage of the blacksmith made products available to you. You can keep the art of blacksmithing alive and give the most unique gifts all at the same time. If you have ever received a gift that is blacksmith made or hand crafted, you realize the uniqueness of that gift, share it.
Every time you show that piece off you are promoting the art of blacksmithing and hand crafted quality. You probably have a blacksmith in your back yard and don’t even know it. By purchasing blacksmith made, you are supporting him or her, not some sweat shop in another country.
Two hearts tie the knot
Remember, blacksmith made means you care enough to give the very best.
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