Innisfail, Alberta, c. 1910. This photo contains particularly good detail on the clothes and aprons of the smith and his helper. Note the sledge in the hands of the helper (striker) to be swung at the command of the smith who indicated the area to be struck by tapping it with his hammer between each blow of the sledge. (Glenbow-Alberta Institute)
Digital Identifier NA-1709-52 Title: Shaping horse shoe anvil at the blacksmith shop, Innisfail, Alberta. Date: [ca. 1910] From the Glenbow Archives, Calgary, Alberta. CANADA
Old horseshoes what else? What are those things hanging on the lower left? They almost look like large ratchets!
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ReplyDeleteInnisfail, Alberta, c. 1910. This photo contains particularly good detail on the
clothes and aprons of the smith and his helper. Note the sledge in the hands of
the helper (striker) to be swung at the command of the smith who indicated the
area to be struck by tapping it with his hammer between each blow of the
sledge. (Glenbow-Alberta Institute)
I think the ratchet-looking things might be tongs?
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ReplyDeleteTitle: Shaping horse shoe anvil at the blacksmith shop, Innisfail, Alberta.
Date: [ca. 1910]
From the Glenbow Archives, Calgary, Alberta. CANADA