You see all kinds of impressive stuff carved out of nothing in the middle of nowhere. I know an anthropology student who's a blacksmith by trade; he got interested in anthropology and heritage and started doing research on contemporary blacksmithing in Africa. Been a couple years since I've seen him, but he works mainly in Kenya, as I recall. He showed me some video footage, and I was impressed; guys were literally forging *car parts* by hand. They didn't have a good tool supplier, so had to improvise; one guy was hammering away while he held the piece in place between his feet on the rim of a wheel, which served as an anvil. Reminded me of my grandmother's stories of my great-grandfather, a carpenter who'd built furniture for his apartment without benefit of a vise -- he held the wood in place with his thighs.
gun-geekery: from the Khyber Pass
You see all kinds of impressive stuff carved out of nothing in the middle of nowhere. I know an anthropology student who's a blacksmith by trade; he got interested in anthropology and heritage and started doing research on contemporary blacksmithing in Africa. Been a couple years since I've seen him, but he works mainly in Kenya, as I recall. He showed me some video footage, and I was impressed; guys were literally forging *car parts* by hand. They didn't have a good tool supplier, so had to improvise; one guy was hammering away while he held the piece in place between his feet on the rim of a wheel, which served as an anvil. Reminded me of my grandmother's stories of my great-grandfather, a carpenter who'd built furniture for his apartment without benefit of a vise -- he held the wood in place with his thighs.
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