czbohunk Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 (edited) 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, 2009 by czbohunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arftist Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Thanks, cool pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Is that a round block of wood that he is using as an anvil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokshasa Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 that is what it looks like, good eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Interesting. Now we can suggest the use of tins of concrete for spoon and leaf swages. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larzz Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted T Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arftist Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Kellough Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czbohunk Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 Did you see the piece of rail road aso and he has modern tongs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Not sure what you mean by "modern tongs". Same pattern has shown up for thousands of years. Have you seen "The Mastermyr Find"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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