Lithuania blacksmith

Lithuania blacksmith's art has been around since ancient times. In the first official document mentioning farrier Lithuania Gediminas is considered to be letters sent to the European merchants. However, eke the fossil found in it is known that iron in our country was processed and much earlier. Historians believe that the first blacksmiths of our country's territory is located on the fifth century BC. So, as you might imagine, this article telling about iron processing and blacksmith in Lithuania. Everybody knows that Lithuania is not found in the fossil iron ore, so from the ancient metal was very expensive imported only from neighboring countries. Iron merchants brought. This metal has been used very sparingly and responsibly: weapons and domestic tools. It is important to mention that around the first century after Christ, our ancestors learned the white iron extracted from the so-called brown puddles. Often it is found on the banks of rivers eke and lakes or other water is constantly irrigated areas. Our territory Iron Age period was used to precisely point brown. Iron production from bog ore was a long and tedious process. Brown was excavated in the summer, then this had to washed, dried, crushed and came late autumn or winter it was possible to begin to melt and brown extract eke iron. So despite the fact that the iron was still mined in this area and our production volumes were too small and did not satisfy the demand. Lithuania still quite early Iron Age, first appeared in a special smelting furnaces with the then bellows. Special furnaces were built of stone, and the spacing smeared with a thick layer of clay (in rare cases, the ovens were built entirely of clay). On opposite sides of the furnace was left or is felled special openings, eke one was sucking air, while the others have been refitted special bellows. Typically, such ovens temperature rose up to 1000 - 1200 degrees Celsius, approximately the temperature is needed to melt iron. As I have said from the resulting eke alloy was minted, weapons and other metal products. In order to process the iron necessary for very high temperatures, but hot metal becomes plastic and susceptible to forging, through which the desired shaped articles. Scientists believe that ancient smiths had the basic tools that were found in each craftsman forge: forge and bellows for metal preheat anvil for Forging, pliers, metal storage. Other tools in each workplace could be different, different artisan using different forms of ancillary tools - chisels, expanders, chisels, hammers, pliers and various forms of the anvil. The most common of excavated and brought iron was produced jewelry, household eke items and weapons. Of course, that Lithuanian weaponry was popular to use as axes, knives, swords, kulaks, arrows, shields, helmets, a variety of armor and spear. Household Products were manufactured: striker, razors and tools (knives, scythes, sickles, axes and tines). Often less well-off farmers with iron tools dalindavosi as sutapydami. Over time, advances and iron processing eke methods was put into production and metal products - jewelry and various clothing details: brooches, pins, buckles. It is also used iron horse shoeing Horseshoe produce bit, spurs, buckles and stirrups also produced from iron. Yet while the iron was quite expensive and usually ancient eke settlements found in silver and brass jewelry. These metals during this period was much cheaper. Lithuania is currently engaged in blacksmithing eke blacksmiths stop producing weapons or household appliances. The most common metal products are designed to decorate the house's interior and exterior. Recently, a very popular outdoor lighting, fences and gates, railings, sculptures made not of iron, but other metals. eke So although changed blacksmiths made products, but these people are still needed and continue their traditions of our country.
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