MODERN BLACKSMITHING 



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BLACKSMITH'S TONGS 



Take a piece of one-inch square Swede iron, hold 

 the iron diagonally over the anvil, with your left hand 

 a little towaid the horn, the end of the iron to reach 

 out over the outside edge of the anvil. Now strike so 

 tliat the sledge and hammer will hit half face over the 

 anvil and the other half of the sledge and hammer out- 



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side of the anvil. Hammer it down to about three- 

 eighths of an inch thick. Now pull the iron towards 

 you straight across the anvil, give it one half turn 

 toward yourself so that this side which was up, now 

 will be towards yourself; the end that first was outside 

 the anvil now to rest over the inner edge of the anvil, 

 push the jaw up against the anvil until it rests against 

 the shoulder made in the first move. Now hammer 

 this down until it is the thickness of the jaw that is 

 desired. Next, turn it over, with the bottom side up 

 or the side that was down, up; push it out over the 



