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    THE KING OF METAL

    Aug 20, 2021 4 minutes
    Words and photos by JEREMY FLINT

    The ancient art of blacksmithing has been around for centuries. In Scotland during the medieval period, blacksmiths were highly regarded and a staple of every town. Following the Industrial Revolution, the Scottish United Operative Blacksmiths’ Protective and Friendly Society was established in 1857 to support blacksmiths, which was later renamed the Associated Blacksmiths of Scotland in 1872 and the Associated Blacksmiths’ Forge and Smithy Workers’ Society in 1925.

    Historically, blacksmiths worked with a forge or furnace to heat metal – shaping and joining together metal such as wrought iron, steel, brass, bronze and copper in the Scottish ‘smiddys’.

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