Wayne Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 Hi I picked a German book up a while ago about handwork from the 15th to the 19th century, in it was this picture. It is by Johann Adam Klein - feldschmiede in den Befreiungskriegen 1813-1815 Radierung, 1818. It looked and handy refence though the wheels look a little small in my view, but then I was not there at the time ( I just look like it on occasion) Wayne Quote
CurlyGeorge Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 Looks similar to the forge that I use at the historic site. Only the one that I use is reversed from that, with the bellows on the front and the fire pot on the rear. Here's a picture of it. :) Quote
ThomasPowers Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 Looks a lot like the US civil war forge; except that in the ACW version the bellows is protected in a covered section. Actually all these types are fairly close and the earliest one was documented in a Napoleonic artillery treatise IIRC. (The artillery being the branch that needed a good smith on a regular basis while on the move, cannon being hard on their haulage!) Quote
MOblacksmith0530 Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 I love those. A friend made one a couple years ago but I can't find a picture of it. I will look some more. Quote
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