Subject: Re: blacksmithing

From: "David C. Hufford" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 07:39:46 -0500 (EST)

Niko:

I've always felt blacksmithing must involve hot forging and hammer work; 
working the iron cold and shaping by machine work is something else, 
call it fabrication.  Of course, blacksmithing involves fabrication 
techniques, such as riveting or electric welding, but it's the assembly 
of forged components.  In my opinion, to be a blacksmith, one must use 
fire forging and welding as the major means of working, and a hammer 
as the primary instrument of tranformation.

David C. Hufford