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blacksmith
What is forging?
How has the blacksmith's profession changed with industrialization?
How does metal craftsmanship survive today?
Was metal worked in Ticino?
Why do we heat up the iron to shape it?
What is metal tempering?
What are the main tools of the blacksmith?
What is the bellows and what is it used for?
What is the anvil and what is it used for?
What use are hammers and mallets to a blacksmith?
What is the crucible and what is it used for?
What use is the file to the blacksmith?
How were nails made?
What is pliers and what is they for?
What is the forge?
Who is the blacksmith and what does he do?