Went there 2 yrs ago just found the pic's again, He's making spoons they use long handle spoons.
I have another picture he's hammering them out but its blurry.

Wanted to add this was at a tradtional village tourist trap we went to that showed the way things use to be and every grade school child goes there on field trips sometime in there life if not several times our grandkids all had been there it is a very popular place if I ever got back I'll take more pic's.

Edited September 12, 200916 yr by czbohunk

Thanks, cool pic.

Is that a round block of wood that he is using as an anvil?

If you click on the picture it will enlarge, and you can enlarge it again. It appears to me it is made of 2 tin cans full of concrete.

that is what it looks like, good eye.

Interesting. Now we can suggest the use of tins of concrete for spoon and leaf swages. :D

Talk about too many irons in the fire. When I enlarged the photo I noticed he has a whole row of "spoons" laid out in the hearth.

Kinda proves that you do with what ya got!

I have always wondered what some of the 3rd world blacksmiths could do if they were as fortunate as I am and had my tools?
They would most likely make my mouth drop open with amazement!
I feel so blessed to have the set-up that I have now; especially after seeing the 3rd world blacksmiths at work.
Ted Throckmorton

Wow, thanks for the tip about double enlarging. It does look like concrete in the round can as well. I guess the strain of baning out sppons isn't that great. Very surprising.

Very interesting! Thanks for posting.

One of the comments about third world craftsmen reminds me of a carver I met in Belize. He had an old refrigerator in his outdoor shed workshop but he had no electricity to run it. I asked about it and he opened the door so I could see that it was full of tools and work in progress.

Did you see the piece of rail road aso and he has modern tongs

Not sure what you mean by "modern tongs". Same pattern has shown up for thousands of years. Have you seen "The Mastermyr Find"?