![]() Going to blacksmith association meetings/workshops requires one group of tools, while going to class, for whatever reason, seems to require a completly different set of tools. If you're an eternal student, like me, then you've got a half dozen (or more) tool bags of different sizes, shapes, configuration, etc. If you're a "forge-bound" blacksmith who does all of his/her work in the smithy, then you'll have a number of tool boxes each containing an assortment of tools of the same general type (i.e., hammers, tongs, etc.). One of the first things you need to figure out is what is your tool box for. So I'll limit this discussion to basic hand tools and an occassional semi-weird tool that does something strange and special. By and large it's tough to throw your anvil, forge, and/or vise into your tool box and go to work. Someone once said the most important tools to the blacksmith in order of importance, hammer, anvil, forge, vise, tongs.
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