This guy is amazing!!!

[HereWeGoAgain]

As a machinist I find this guys skill with nothing more than a hammer,anvil and a few other tools amazing!!

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

If anyone is wondering why they tap the anvil between hits on the actual part it's to reposition the hammer in their hand before the next strike.

 

[Nosmo King]

Quick question as to a term of art. Is he a farrier or a blacksmith?

 

[Marion Morrison]

It seems like that guy had a stroke.

Very interesting, though!

I like craft/trade things, especially when good skill is involved.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Freaking amazing...

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Quick question as to a term of art. Is he a farrier or a blacksmith?

I dont know if the guy actually does the shoeing which is a farrier or just the shoe making.
I'd bet he knows both though.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

It seems like that guy had a stroke.

Very interesting, though!

I like craft/trade things, especially when good skill is involved.

I've done some very minor blacksmithing out of necessity but obviously nothing compared to this guy.
And my anvil was a piece of railroad track.

 

[Nosmo King]

Quick question as to a term of art. Is he a farrier or a blacksmith?

I dont know if the guy actually does the shoeing which is a farrier or just the shoe making.
I'd bet he knows both though.

Thanks! I thought a farrier both made and applied the shoes. While a blacksmith did all types of forge work.

Kind of the same difference between a compositor who sets the type and a printer who runs the press.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Quick question as to a term of art. Is he a farrier or a blacksmith?

I dont know if the guy actually does the shoeing which is a farrier or just the shoe making.
I'd bet he knows both though.

Thanks! I thought a farrier both made and applied the shoes. While a blacksmith did all types of forge work.

Kind of the same difference between a compositor who sets the type and a printer who runs the press.

A farrier today does minor adjustments to pre cast shoes for fitment.
I'd bet in the old days he was one and the same.

 

[blastoff]

Truly amazing skill.

I see things like this and I wonder who the folks were over the many years who figured out stuff like this could even be done? All the trial and error work that went into developing the wherewithal for such artistry. The human spirit to seek and accomplish really is limitless.