Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of a Blacksmith gravestone on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the parish church and graveyard on visit to Abercorn in West Lothian. A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut. Blacksmiths produce objects such as gates, grilles, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, tools, agricultural implements, decorative and religious items, cooking utensils, and weapons. While there are many people who work with metal such as farriers, wheelwrights, and armorers, in former times the blacksmith had a general knowledge of how to make and repair many things, from the most complex of weapons and armour to simple things like nails or lengths of chain. The " black " in " blacksmith " refers to the black firescale, a layer of oxides that forms on the surface of the metal during heating. The origin of " smith " is debated, it may come from the old English word " smythe " meaning " to strike " or it may have originated from the Proto German " smithaz " meaning " skilled worker. " Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Abercorn is one of several Outlander locations in the surrounding locality.
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