dbrandow Posted March 30, 2012 Posted March 30, 2012 Just putting this out there - I'm stuck for a day by myself in Frankfurt tomorrow, anybody know of any blacksmith-related tourist sites in the area? Quote
ThomasPowers Posted March 30, 2012 Posted March 30, 2012 Frankfurt Pennsylvanian, USA or Frankfurt Germany? or Frankfurt ????? Quote
ThomasPowers Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 Too late I know, I'm offline weekends; but I did buy some blacksmithing books at the Frankfurt fleamarket when I spent the summer over there. I was able to ask about books on old iron work and kunstschmiede stuff. Also pre war guidebooks often had examples of forge work that no longer exists---especially pre-WWI. Note that buying smithing books from the 1930's: they will NOT be on display due to the laws on displaying swastikas--a symbol used in Smithing from that dark era. When I toured Neuschwanstein I was given special permission from a guard to photograph one of the ornate door hinges as none of the shop pictures had a clear example and I really liked it. (Modern of course, that castle was built with a steam crane...) note if you get a chance to get out of town; Marksburg castle above the town of Brauback on the Rhine (near Koblenz) is the only castle along that stretch that wasn't destroyed by Napoleon and then re-built during the German Romantic period. A pretty drive from Frankfurt. Quote
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