leverhead
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I wonder if Istanbulin will strike twice.
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Something about Blacksmithing.
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Actually I'm not lucky at all. I'm playing lottery (generally 6/49) once a week or at least once a month, I only got 4 in 6 by now
John, what's the connotation of "anvil" ? I know that anvil is one of the little bones in ear.
Actually I'm not lucky at all. I'm playing lottery (generally 6/49) once a week or at least once a month, I only got 4 in 6 by now
John, what's the connotation of "anvil" ? I know that anvil is one of the little bones in ear.
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LOL. Thanks Mark but I couldn't solve the relation with that blacksmith's tool and the issue.
Edit: You've cheat Mark, there was nothing written above when I saw the anvil for the first time.
LOL. Thanks Mark but I couldn't solve the relation with that blacksmith's tool and the issue.
Edit: You've cheat Mark, there was nothing written above when I saw the anvil for the first time.
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You haven't lived till you have heard tap-tap-BANG-BANG-BANG! (smith + 3 strikers)
Forge/blacksmith shop. I have a small forge and hammer hot iron now and then as needed. When a blacksmith was working with a "striker" (usually a younger stronger man (apprentice) with a heavier hammer) The smith would lightly tap the work piece where he wanted the heavy blow struck by the "striker' aimed. So the rhythm of the hammers/anvil was "tap-tap-BANG -- tap-tap-BANG" The force of the tap-tap also told the "striker" how hard to hit. Thus "Where will the smith" or "where will he" strike next became common indicating unpredictability. The timing was critical as the smiths shaping was largely dependent on the heat (therefore ductility) of the iron being shaped. BTW A light tap-tap on the anvil told the "striker" to repeat hitting where he's been hitting. An old smith would use a very light hammer not really to shape but to direct apprentices. On heavy work two or three strikers and "lifters"might be employed.Actually I'm not lucky at all. I'm playing lottery (generally 6/49) once a week or at least once a month, I only got 4 in 6 by now
John, what's the connotation of "anvil" ? I know that anvil is one of the little bones in ear.
You haven't lived till you have heard tap-tap-BANG-BANG-BANG! (smith + 3 strikers)
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Thanks for the explanation, John.
Thanks for the explanation, John.
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I still don't understand how it applies, but if you do that's good.
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I think it's a must to see a blacksmith while working to understand how it applies. When I was reading John's description, I remembered that scene.
I still don't understand how it applies, but if you do that's good.
I think it's a must to see a blacksmith while working to understand how it applies. When I was reading John's description, I remembered that scene.
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All of this leads to the story of a blacksmith shop in a Newfoundland outport fishing village.
The smithy was breaking in a new apprentice. Placing the hot iron on the anvil as John describes, the smith told his newby "When I nods me head, by, you hit it, eh?"
The apprentice is now the village smithy.
All of this leads to the story of a blacksmith shop in a Newfoundland outport fishing village.
The smithy was breaking in a new apprentice. Placing the hot iron on the anvil as John describes, the smith told his newby "When I nods me head, by, you hit it, eh?"
The apprentice is now the village smithy.
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Yes I'm not old as you (LOL) but I'm not living in the US so I saw people working like that.
Yes I'm not old as you (LOL) but I'm not living in the US so I saw people working like that.
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