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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.
History of the Blacksmith. Gold is for the mistress -- silver for the maid --Copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade.Good! said the Baron, sitting in his hall,But Iron -- Cold Iron -- is master of them all.. Rudyard Kipling. What is a Blacksmith A Blacksmith makes many kinds of tools and other objects out of metal. He heats the metal in the forge to make it soft, and then hammers it on an Anvil to shape it. The first metals used were Bronze and Iron. Iron was found to be more readily available and cheaper to produce.