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Still, it's not a huge industry. There are between 5,000 and 10,000 blacksmiths in the U.S., and of those, only about 10 percent do it professionally â they make things like custom railings or artistic hardware for homes. Back in the classroom, Scott Higgins is learning to punch a hole in metal.
countable noun. 1  A blacksmith is a person whose job is making things by hand out of metal that has been heated to a high temperature. 2  an artisan who works iron with a furnace, anvil, hammer, etc. 3  a smith who works in iron, including the making and fitting of horseshoes.