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As Aristophanes tells it, those of us who find our other halves would leap at the opportunity for Hephaestus, the god of blacksmiths, to weld us back into one.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 31 July 2025
In the Middle Ages, aprons made from leather and heavy canvas were worn by farriers, cobblers, butchers, blacksmiths and other tradesmen desiring heavy duty protection from the perils of their work.
—Nicole Mowbray, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
Early freed Black men became blacksmiths and farmers and used their skills to invent such things as the corn planter, the cotton-cleaning machine, the broom-making machine, and in 1853, the potato chip.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
Before the end of slavery, Blacks were a large part (in many states, the largest) of the skilled labor workforce, think carpenters, plumbers, masons, blacksmiths, etc.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 31 July 2025
In the Middle Ages, aprons made from leather and heavy canvas were worn by farriers, cobblers, butchers, blacksmiths and other tradesmen desiring heavy duty protection from the perils of their work.
—Nicole Mowbray, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
Early freed Black men became blacksmiths and farmers and used their skills to invent such things as the corn planter, the cotton-cleaning machine, the broom-making machine, and in 1853, the potato chip.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
Before the end of slavery, Blacks were a large part (in many states, the largest) of the skilled labor workforce, think carpenters, plumbers, masons, blacksmiths, etc.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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“Blacksmith.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blacksmith. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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blacksmith
noun
black·smith
ˈblak-ˌsmith 
: a worker who shapes iron (as into horseshoes) by heating it and then hammering it on an iron block
blacksmithing
noun
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