Why You Should Work with a Blacksmith
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Up until 1999, I didn't think it was even possible to get blacksmith-made hardware for my furniture pieces. Today I rarely build a piece that doesn't have some part that was made by a blacksmith or whitesmith. In 1999 my then-boss Steve Shanesy took me to a blacksmith in Cold Spring, Ky., named Marsha Nelson. I spent an afternoon photographing her work and was amazed at how quickly she could []

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