Helpful Posts: I went to Colvin Run Mill twice in the past two days and posted photos here and here. One of the attractions on the property is a working blacksmith shop. It's a very cluttered place so I isolated some of the tools. Even so, I tried to use the clutter just enough to hopefully provide environmental context.
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Thread: Tools of the Trade
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11th December 2013, 04:33 AM #1
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Tools of the Trade
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11th December 2013, 06:08 AM #2
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Re: Tools of the Trade
Mike...I can visualize the smithy hammering the red-hot steel with the sparks a-flying.
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11th December 2013, 01:14 PM #3
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Fascinating. The texture on the handwrought tools caught well. Black and white was a good choice.
Did the smithy make the vise as well? It seems to be that slightly irregular shape I expect form something made by eye. Or maybe it's just so bashed up
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11th December 2013, 01:18 PM #4
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Thanks, guys!
I have no idea, Trevor, if a smithy made the vise. I have only seen a smithy there once and he told me that there is a group of volunteers that provide demonstrations. He explained that the demonstrations hadn't been conducted in quite awhile and that he was working on reinvigorating the program. That was a long time ago and I don't know whether the shop is being used these days.
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11th December 2013, 01:44 PM #5
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Interesting series Mike. Nicely processed for texture which shows well. I love old tools. Quite a few of my carpentry tools are rescued wooden planes etc.
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11th December 2013, 04:41 PM #6
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Classic images indeed
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11th December 2013, 05:44 PM #7
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I have one like it . I have seen a couple in old black smiths shops around the gold towns around here.
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11th December 2013, 08:56 PM #8
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Mike,
I really enjoy your work. Tools, artifacts and such always hold a fascination for me and these photographs do a fine job of conveying some of that feeling.
Andrew
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11th December 2013, 09:06 PM #9
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Continued thanks to everyone. I could spend a lifetime making industrial photographs, so I especially enjoyed the public access to these tools.
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