In this engaging tour you will meet a working blacksmith who keeps this age-old craft alive. Visit his small backyard shed and watch and learn how the artist’s hammer helps meld and bend metal.

 

EXPERIENCE:

Watch and Learn: Traditional Skill of Blacksmithing in a Colonial Town
It used to be that every town had a blacksmith – they were the most essential tradesmen, a one-stop shop for metal items including pots, hammers, nails, axes, even toasters. 
In this engaging tour you will meet a working blacksmith who helps keep this age-old craft alive. Visit his small backyard shed and learn how the artist’s hammer helps to meld and bend metal into recognizable objects. Discover how hand-made tools were made and used and handed down for generations and the process of converting coal to coke in the forge.
Blacksmithing is a craft that combines material science, the technical knowledge of how to manipulate metal, skilled hand-eye coordination, malleability, chemical reactions, and destructive distillations.
You’ll watch forging and hammer work and see tools that have been handed down for generations. Learn what drives us to continue this ancient craft and a blacksmith’s role in society both past and present.
Please note: Forge may or may not be operating, depending on weather conditions and timing of visit. Limit of four people. 
Blacksmith visit: 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Combine with a kid’s craft: Try your hand at blacksmithing by using modeling clay and a mallet, and block. Experiment with material and how it can be shaped and molded with tools. Then enjoy homemade cornbread and lemonade. 
Cost: $35 adults, $10 children; $20 seniors. 
The activity starts in blacksmith shed and if craft is included, ends in kitchen of colonial home.

 

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

Watch a working blacksmith in his forge in a colonial town
Learn about blacksmithing as an age-old craft and learn the science and art.
Discover blacksmithing tools and techniques and historical role of a blacksmith.
Kids can enjoy similar moulding and shaping with clay, hammer and block.
End the tour with homemade cornbread and lemonade in a colonial kitchen.

 

 

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