Blacksmithing lingo

Two metals mixed together to achieve a unique characteristic

A heavy metalworking piece on which metal objects are hammered or forged

Iron that has high carbon levels and no malleability, it is hard but very brittle; easily cast in a mould

A container in which metals are melted

Metalwork process where metal is forced or pulled through a piece of the anvil; used to make wire, bars, tubes, etc.

A brick or stone lined furnace where the smith heats the workpiece to a malleable temperature

The shaping of metal using force

The process of making metal harder through beating it

Producing a hole in the workpiece

A metal tool used with a hammer to drive pins in a workpiece

The rapid cooling of a metal piece; typically to harden steel

A high temperature furnace used to extract metals from their ores

Forcing metal into or through a cavity to deform the metal into a different shape

Making the metal “tougher” by heating or quenching it multiple times

Process of making metal thicker in one dimension through shortening the other

A common form of malleable iron that is easily welded