My kinda guy.
Britain’s longest-serving blacksmith is still forging iron in his workshop – at the age of 84. Hardy Fred Harriss, 84, first picked up a hammer and tong aged ten in 1938 and is still working every day 74 years later. He has worked back-breaking 12 hour days fixing steam engines and aircraft, as well as making railings and ornamental iron pieces. And the hardy blacksmith – who refuses to wear gloves for the blistering work – claims he will NEVER retire from the job.
I am having trouble adapting to a world where this man is unusual.
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It's sad that that this type of person (my kind of person) is disappearing as our society speeds headlong toward its demise. Perhaps that is a cause not a coincidence. It's tough getting old but it beats the only alternative.
You can like him on Facebook, am I right? That's almost as good as actually producing something.
Whyever would he retire? If you love what you're doing, it isn't work.
Dang, how has he kept eyesight?
Is "Hardy" a blacksmith sobriquet, or simply earned?
BTW, i've never seen a hand forge or anvil the size of those before.
I need the service of a blacksmith at the moment to make some large hinges for some gothic style gates, I wonder if he is close?
Balcksmith…Hurricane Smith… i see what you did there
Amen.