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[27] Blacksmith’s Workshop

The red heated iron is smashed with a hammer by a blacksmith. There were blacksmith’s workshops in the village or marketplaces during the Joseon Dynasty. For our ancestors who worked as farmers, blacksmith’s workshop that made agricultural tools such as hoe, sickle, and pick was essential.


The people who make tools at the blacksmith’s workshop are called blacksmiths. The skill of the blacksmith was determined by tempering, which is to form the shape of the iron by repeating the work of heating and cooling the iron. It was because when the iron is well-tempered, the strength and performance of the iron goes up. At the Korean Folk Village’s Blacksmith’s Workshop, the blacksmith makes tools used in daily life such as knives along with agricultural tools. The best chefs of Korea also consider the knives of Korean Folk Village’s blacksmith’s workshop the best. The knives that are made with machine are usually light and need a lot of energy put into it to slice the food. However, the knives made by trained tempering is heavy and do not need to put a lot of energy into cutting. For those who would like to purchase the works from the Korean Folk Village’s blacksmith’s workshop, actually touch the products and feel its values.