What materials do you need to strike the iron?

We need stoves, bellows, iron pendants, hammers, sledgehammers, coal, scrap steel, scrap iron, water cylinders and so on. Traditional tools for striking iron include blacksmith's furnace, bellows, hand hammer, anvil, sledgehammer and millstone. The blacksmith's shop is also called the blacksmith's furnace. There is a big stove in the middle of the room, and there is a bellows beside the stove. As soon as the bellows is pulled, the wind enters the furnace and the flame in the furnace rises.

It can save coal and forging time to choose iron materials as sintering materials. Mainly rely on the blacksmith's experience, through visual inspection and hand balance to choose the right iron material.

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You have to be in good health before you can strike the iron. You can't strike while the iron is hot without strength. Heavy sledgehammers take turns to rise and fall, which requires strength and endurance. A good blacksmith needs to accumulate experience constantly.

Although the iron is primitive, it is very practical. Simple as it is, it is not easy to learn. With the continuous development of forging technology, forging has gradually evolved into an ancient traditional craft in China.

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