Home›Metalworking and Blacksmithing Tools›All Metalworking and Blacksmithing ToolsBrowse ByAll Metalworking and Blacksmithing ToolsReference and ClassificationDevelopingHand tools built to forge, hold or shape hot or cold metal, the implement set behind this atlas's Metal craft subcategory. Belongs here: the anvil, the hard working surface a smith hammers metal against, and blacksmith's tongs, used to hold hot metal safely. Does not belong here: fine metal and stone tools used at jewelry scale, which this atlas does not yet track as separate tool entities.FactsAll Metalworking and Blacksmithing ToolsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1500 BCE 1All Metalworking and Blacksmithing ToolsFilter Results101 entriesTool FamilyAllMetalworking Cutting Tools (14)Metalworking Fastening Tools (14)Metalworking Forging Tools (21)Metalworking Garden Tools (4)Metalworking Gripping and Holding Tools (15)Metalworking Measuring and Marking Tools (5)Metalworking Power Tools (11)Metalworking Striking Tools (5)Used In CraftAllBlacksmithing (14)Woodworking (1)Introduced EraAll1840 (1)1870 (1)1924 (1)1934 (1)1954 (1)1863 (ratcheting socket wrench patented) (1)1874, patented by John Hawley (1)1931 (first torque wrench patent filed) (1)Antiquity (no precise date established) (1)circa 1904 (1)circa 1910 (1)circa 1915 (1)circa 1919 (Deep Creek, Colorado) (1)circa 1920s (1)circa 1983 (1)circa 3000 BC (1)not dated in source consulted (4)Not established by the sources consulted (3)GroupAllMetalworking Cutting Tools (14)Metalworking Fastening Tools (14)Metalworking Forging Tools (21)Metalworking Garden Tools (4)Metalworking Gripping and Holding Tools (15)Metalworking Measuring and Marking Tools (5)Metalworking Power Tools (11)Metalworking Striking Tools (5)BrowseCompareSelect all 100Adjustable SpannerMetalworking and Blacksmithing ToolsAir HammerMetalworking and Blacksmithing ToolsAngle GrinderMetalworking and Blacksmithing ToolsAnvilMetalworking and Blacksmithing ToolsAutomatic Center PunchMetalworking and Blacksmithing ToolsBall-peen HammerMetalworking and Blacksmithing ToolsBand ClampMetalworking and Blacksmithing ToolsBellowsMetalworking and Blacksmithing ToolsBench GrinderMetalworking and Blacksmithing ToolsBlacksmith's TongsMetalworking and Blacksmithing ToolsBolt CutterMetalworking and Blacksmithing ToolsBolt CuttersMetalworking and Blacksmithing 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Blacksmith (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia FoundationBlacksmith, History sectionQuote, Blacksmith, History sectionThe Hittites of Anatolia first discovered or developed the smelting of iron ores around 1500 BC.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.