te tells of quite another procedure, the chiselling of coldiron or steel—armourers, no longer blacksmiths work—a pro-cess which does not invite excess. The forms are in somerespects reminiscent of hammering ; but the more they areexamined the more evident it is that they are producedby… … 162. CHISELLED IRON. that successive schools of workmanship were formed. The local style was always the harvest of some one manssowing ; but, in the case of blacksmiths work, it bears alsothe marks of the forge, of hammer, shears, and pincers, eachof which in turn helps to shape it; and when the…
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