Blacksmith Photos

On 2015-06-13 16:50:27 +0000, PeterN said:

On 6/13/2015 3:00 AM, Tony Cooper wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 13:29:52 -0400, PeterN
wrote:

Le Snip

Ture, but if you go a bit South to West Palm, you will find that
black****ming is a good business. (That's horse country.)

Farriers, not blacksmiths, shoe horses. The polo set in WPB is not
going to use anything but a specialist.

Of course. But blacksmiths make the shoes. I am not certain whether its
mechanized shoe making, or custom. IIRC there is also a blacksmith shop
in that area that makes custom iron gateways, & furniture.

These days the blacksmith of old is usually a wrought iron specialist
and has nothing to do with the production of horse shoes.
Farriers are usually certified, and not every wrought iron blacksmith
can be considered a farrier.
http://americanfarriers.org/certification/

They will in most cases start with mass produced shoes of various sizes
and shapes which the farrier himself will custom forge to fit the
individual horse. If they are using iron or steel shoes that would be
hot forging. If they are using aluminum shoes (which are quite common
these days they will cold forge to shape.

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Regards,

Savageduck

| Lovely set. You've got some hi lights in #2 and shadows in #3 that you
| might wanna try to retrieve but that don't diminish the value of this
| beautiful documentary set of images.
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I was thinking that, too. I especially like #1, for
the atmospheric detail, as well as the more balanced
lighting. Though I wonder if maybe there wasn't enough
light. Close-up view looks pixelated. For instance, with
the rack of hammers. Is that just out of focus, or was
there not enough light?

Side note: I don't see the images on the page.
I'm not sure why. But if I change dl=0 to dl=1 then
I get a download dialogue when the page opens and
I can download the image.

On 6/13/2015 4:18 PM, Tony Cooper wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 13:29:52 -0400, PeterN
wrote:

On 6/10/2015 9:07 PM, Tony Cooper wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 19:27:12 -0500, philo wrote:

On 06/10/2015 05:38 PM, Tony Cooper wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:04:14 -0500, philo wrote:

On 06/10/2015 04:38 PM, PeterN wrote:
On 6/10/2015 12:33 PM, philo wrote:
Visited my friend's forger yesterday


https://www.dropbox.com/s/est2gclugi...napp1.JPG?dl=0


https://www.dropbox.com/s/xfogcythz0...napp2.JPG?dl=0



https://www.dropbox.com/s/tluq943f3n...napp3.JPG?dl=0


https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ypouq4a1j...napp4.JPG?dl=0

Neat group of images. I was beginning to think that photography wasn't
allowed in this group.





Thanks for the comment.

After visiting the blacksmith yesterday, I knew I had a winner.

My wife did her own photo-shoot as she is going to do a painting from
the images. Whenever she does a photo-shoot for a paining, I come along
and do my own.

One day, I might even do a "behind the scenes" show based on my tagging
along.


I don't think there's a blacksmith in this area. Farriers, yes, and
I've photographed several. Checking, I see the nearest blacksmith to
Orlando is up in Ocala. Much of the work done by a blacksmith would
be done in a welding shop here.

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?cat=Blacksmiths&state=FL




My friend does quite a bit of wrought iron work and sometimes gets
called to help out with building restorations.

I should ask him if he ever does any "traditional" blacksmith work such
as horseshoes...I bet not


If you've ever been to Puerto Rico or Cuba, as I have (both), every
window and almost every door on almost every house has a wrought iron
covering. Like burglar bars, but done decoratively.

The custom has spread to Florida, and ironwork is common on houses in
the Hispanic areas. Ironwork, pastel-colored houses, and grottos in
the yard. Not as many here as in South Florida or Tampa, but - still
- a lot.

It's welders, not blacksmiths, that create this ironwork here but I
guess they use a forge to bend the ironwork.

Ture, but if you go a bit South to West Palm, you will find that
black****ming is a good business. (That's horse country.)




One day I'll have to do a photo series on these neighborhoods. I'll
probably be able to include some tricked out cars, too.

I'm in the middle of such a series in Sanannah. In the early days that
city imposed a tax on doors, so the used wide elaborate windows on the
upper floors for entrance to balconies.

I'm going to take a wild leap and assume you meant to type "Savannah".
It is a myth that there was once a "door tax" in the US. It goes back
to the myth that Thomas Jefferson invented the triple sash window to
avoid the "door tax", and that he invented the triple sash window when
he was Ambassador to France. He did incorporate triple sash windows
that served as both windows and doors in his Monticello residence, but
this style of window was used in buildings constructed in the 1600s;
about 100 years before Jefferson started construction of Monticello.

If you think there is any credence to the idea that there was a "door
tax" at any time in Savannah or in any city or state, do provide a
cite.

I could not ifnd a definitive cite, either way. Though I did not check
the anti-bellum Savannah tax ode.
There are lots of articles supporting the concept, but I don't consider
them definitive.


There was a "window tax" in England and Wales in the late 1600s.
Scotland added a window tax in 1748. France had a window tax between
1798 to 1926. These taxes were imposed as a means of generating
revenue based on the size of a house. A larger house would have more
windows. Also, tax collectors could visually identify the subject of
the tax. No need to measure square footage or anything like that.

In the US South, window taxes would have been more objectionable
because windows were required to let in air in the warmer climate.
Large windows that opened up to balconies and the outside, and allowed
entrance and egress, just added convenience because they served
double-duty.





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PeterN