Smithery

Smithery

Smithery is one of the most peculiar and deeply rooted crafts in Lithuania. At first smithery often included searching for iron ore and smelting.

Various craft and tillage tools, chest bindings, hinges and locks were usually made at iron extraction and processing workshops, referred to as rudnia or rūda and established near bog iron deposits. Various iron wares were made of palm-wide and inch-thick pieces of iron, called stoba or štoba. Second half of the 19th c. introduced imported iron. Imported 6-8 metre iron bars were cheaper and better quality, thus quickly replaced local iron.

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Presented by Masters Alvydas Valiukas, Raimondas Žievys

Presented by Masters Alvydas Valiukas, Raimondas Žievys