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Post by phoenix1967 on May 9, 2011 13:46:58 GMT -5
As some of you know, I recently made a trip up to Virginia to drop off some livestock to a buddy of mine who recently moved back home to the old family homestead. I thought I'd share some pics of the trip When Steve told me lived in a "Holler in the Mountains" I wasn't quite expecting this After bein empty for 30 years, the place needs some work The goats I took 'em had only seen SC flatland... They weren't really sure what to do when the ground tilted... I discovered while Steve was showing me around, in a tiny shed, right at the top of this pic, mostly hidden by the tree, maybe 8 foot square, is a complete blacksmith shop... hearth type forge, hand crank blower, grinder, and post drill, all set up and waiting for the smith to return. No 'lectric there, all hand crank power! I'm tryin to get the caretaker of the land to let me set it up and video some work at the forge there.
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Post by whitedove on May 9, 2011 21:37:00 GMT -5
Nice Pictures Phoenix,
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Post by phoenix1967 on May 10, 2011 13:19:41 GMT -5
Woulda been more, had the batteries not died... I really wanted to take some pics of the blacksmiths shop perced precariously on te side of the hill
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Post by whitedove on May 10, 2011 16:50:49 GMT -5
Good pics Phoenix,maybe your buddy can send some to you.Virginia has lots of greenery,the hills and Hollers are pretty sorta reminds me of Ozarks a little bit.I was gonna post a pic of my nephew and his buddy's in Pics on a Utube Video he made.But,I haven't figured that out yet.He hunts and fishes alot,and goes to lots of Bass Tourneys
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Post by ThunderMoon on May 10, 2011 20:04:09 GMT -5
Dang nice pics.looks like a place i could hang my hat..My G-----granfather was Lt.Governor Robert Dinwiddie.That was my grandfathers name and is the nams of his sons first boy all Robert Dinwiddie...There's a Dinwiddie county there. That is very cool you found that smthy building i'd love to see that myself and even better to see you work that puppy.
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Post by ThunderMoon on May 10, 2011 20:08:32 GMT -5
:)I guess a farmer back then had to know a little of everything to be self sufficiant..Real independance
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Post by phoenix1967 on May 11, 2011 8:03:33 GMT -5
Almost every decent sized farm at that time would have a smithy of some sort, and at least one person around to work it... Horse tack needed repair, farming implements, tools, hinges nails etc needed made. Most folk had little money, and few ways of getting any, so DIY was the norm, not a hobby. I'm expecting the wheel to turn, and suspect that that may soon be the way of things again. There's a reason I spend so much time and effort on tutorials, in an easily printable format, to teach folk how to make things that are easily bought at a store (like hinges )
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