hammer-working

Updated: May 15, 2025

But since the invention of cast-iron, and the manufacture of wrought-iron in large masses, the art of hammer-working has almost become lost; and great artists, such as Matsys of Antwerp and Rukers of Nuremberg were, no longer think it worth their while to expend time and skill in working on so humble a material as wrought-iron.

Samuel Smiles - Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers