Over centuries, our ancestors have been making tools of different shapes, sizes and purposes.
Black Smith are mostly the master minds…
I’m surprised to find out that in 21st century this same technique is in practice.
I travel to a remote village in north eastern part of Nigeria and discover this Black Smith is making hoes for the farmers as it is a raining season here (time for farming).
Most of the people around the area are farmers and they don’t employ modern technology (mechanised farming) they are still using ancestors technique.
What I want to share with you here is how the Black Smith is making Hoe handles
After heating the iron rod (as shown in the picture above)
He will dip it on a wooden stick (as shown on the picture below)
Using this technique this is how this Smith is able to made hoe and farmers are using it to bring food to their table and even sale some go get some money in their pockets.
It was an awesome experience that wish to share with you.
Thanks for enlighten us on how local how is made. I am suprise that the technology has not changed much. It is still the same old archaic process. Though I appreciated their ingenuity and support for the local farmers , a lot more still need to be done . Anyway, it is now more of art than technology.
Me gusto mucho leer tu post @Sagir , cual es el motivo que la agricultura no sea mecanizada, es un tema económico, quizás si tuvieran cooperativas podrían tener equipos comunitarios, aquí en Argentina se utiliza mucho el sistema donde una persona alquila el servicio de arado de la tierra y otro el servicio de la siembra de granos y cuando se cosecha pasa lo que se denomina la zafra por las rutas se ven circular los tractores con las cosechadoras que pasan campo por campo dando el servicio.
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La mayoría de los agricultores aquí están cosechando para su consumo familiar, no para fines comerciales. Los pocos que lo hacen con fines comerciales utilizan algunos tractores en cierta medida
Blacksmithing is still very much alive and well in most heavy and tool making industries @Sagir some of the methods, tools and sources of heat are modernised but really the techniques and skills are the same as they have been for millennia. Just up the road from me near my home is a man named Walter who taught me how to make gum leaves in his forge and on a power hammer. That was an experience learning that machine. It can place hundreds of tons of force into a small area and you near to learn to be gentle with this powerful violent machine to get a good outcome for your creation.
