Big Lake Forge Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 So i was talking to my 8 year old brother today about blacksmithing. When i told him that i considered myself a blacksmith he said nooo you arent a blacksmith. I said'' well how do you figue that.'' He came back at me and said '' well bubba (that is my name to him) you are white not black so that makes you a whitesmith.'' I couldnt stop laughing for the next 20 minutes. Sometimes i am kinda proud of the boy, hopefully one day he will follow in my footsteps and become a member here so he too can one day be a whitesmith!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Whitesmith at the start of the day but how about after a few hours or do you have clean coal? I agree, little brothers can be funny. My little brother is 13 years older than I am but it's sure fun to see him get steamed when I call him little brother. Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron woodrow Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 i have had the same comment........ but i have worked as a whitesmith (silversmith) and a blacksmith, so am i a grey smith? or do i have to wait till im old :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Lake Forge Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 no frosty i dont have clean coal, but that helped me find a way to sho him that i am a blacksmith. and maybe that does make you a grey smith, ill have to ask my lil bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry H Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Frosty Your little brother is 13 years older than you ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneCoeArtistBlacksmith Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 In Lake City, Tn there is a blacksmith named "Gray Smith". He often commented that when he got good enough he might be a Blacksmith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 I used to have a book titled "the Art of the Colonial Whitesmith", in it was illustrations of examples of period work of "whitesmiths". These were men who would work in iron and steel and make utensils for use in the house such as carving knife and fork sets for the masters table where there was no evidence of the makers hammer ever having touched the metal, lots of file work, also things like scissors, sugar cone cutters, tweezers, surgeon tools, just any tool that was finished and not left rough. I mad the mistake of loaning this book to a fellow who wanted to copy some period tools to make in his forge and thus I never saw the book again. He swore on his father's grave that he never borrowed it, turned out his father wasn't dead. I now get a signed and notarized receipt from folk when I loan out one of my smithing books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Lake Forge Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 So whitesmiths are real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Lake Forge Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 I did not know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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