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Yes, it was not called prepping.They sure did. But back then it was called LIFE.
Snappy I don't think truer words have ever been spoken!Sure miss them and wish I had had the sense to spend more time with them when I got to be a teenager!
My Grandparents raised most of the food they ate.
It was just the way it was back then.
They wouldn't call themselves preppers.
They were just folks that had to live as best they could.
Grandpa always said the store bought food wasn't as good.
As they got older they had to rely less on their own and more on purchased goods.
Like others I really wish I had spent more time with them.
All their knowledge has been lost to time and that is sad.
My Grandpa was a blacksmith before I was born and I had no idea until I was in my late teens.
Makes me sad and a little ashamed.
yes , we have a blacksmith that lives in the next city up from us. he doesn't do it for a living, but he sets up a booth a "farm day" and is very willing to teach it to anyone who is interested. i always find it fascinating to watch him.Backlash, that story makes me sad too. Blacksmithing is a skill set that is apt to be very much in need if a medium-to-big shtf happens. I'm wondering if it's "around to be found".
Backlash, that story makes me sad too. Blacksmithing is a skill set that is apt to be very much in need if a medium-to-big shtf happens. I'm wondering if it's "around to be found".
@VThillman and @Bacpacker my hubby is a blacksmith. He is also a custom metal fabricator. It's what he does for a living. Often times he uses a combination of old and new skills. He doesn't care to make knives which is all the rage due to TV, but loves making tools and other useful things. If you are interested, there are blacksmithing guilds. The international blacksmithing guild is a forum but might help you make a contact in your area.
When people try to call us preppers, I tell them we aren't but that we live traditionally. We aren't actually prepping for teotwawki but to survive until the next harvest. My paternal g-parents were from the Azores. Everyone had a pig run in their yard. That's where all the scraps went. I remember my gpa sitting at the table salting pork. Also, my Gma (who is still alive, 95 yrs) says chickens were easy to butcher. You just rub their neck and they stretch it out, when they do that you chop their head off. She would also climb the rafters in the barn when pigeons were hatching and tie the chicks' legs together. When they were big enough to try to fly, they would fall and she would get them, wring their necks and eat them.
A lot of Blacksmith's today are found as farriers at rodeo's and such. There are folks that blacksmith for a living much as in olden times, but can be hard to locate.
I have started buying old style forging equipment ( coal fire) and am now down to getting a decent anvil. At that point I plan on trying to find classes or even better an individual willing to teach me the craft. I feel like it times get bad as many expect at some point, a blacksmith would be invaluable to a group of survivors, or a small community.
@Bacpacker as far as videos might look up Black Bear Forge. Hubby enjoys them and he does a good job of not trying to talk over the noise but in between so you can actually understand what he's saying (I'm often in the room so get to hear them too;-)
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