Occupation: Black and White Smith
WALT STOCK
I came across a bio the other day with the occupation of the subject
given as "black and white smith." Anyone out there know what this
means?
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Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake
WALT STOCK <wst...@shrsys.hslc.org> writes
>I came across a bio the other day with the occupation of the subject
>given as "black and white smith." Anyone out there know what this
>means?
I suspect the meaning in the US was similar to that in Britain. A
blacksmith was a worker in iron and ferrous metals. A whitesmith was
a worker in all non-ferrous metals, usually tin, copper and brass.
Your man obviously did both.
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Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake
Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake <bar...@tdrake.demon.co.uk>
Dorothy Koenig
On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, WALT STOCK wrote:
> I came across a bio the other day with the occupation of the subject
> given as "black and white smith." Anyone out there know what this
> means?
Walt, A blacksmith works with iron; a whitesmith works with tin. It
looks as if your man did both. Dorothy
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Dorothy A. Koenig
<dko...@library.berkeley.edu
Wayne Donaldson
Perhaps he made earrings for horses ;>}...sorry
Blacksmith is the usual, whitesmith works with precious metals.
Fred Hartley
Wayne Donaldson <wdona...@networkmultimedia.com> wrote:
>Perhaps he made earrings for horses ;>}...sorry
>
>Blacksmith is the usual, whitesmith works with precious metals.
English dictionary: Whitesmith a worker in tinned or white iron
Fred Hartley <fre...@incubus.demon.co.uk>
Robert L Smith
My dictionary defines "whitesmith" as (1) a worker in tin (2) a
polisher or finisher of metal goods and "blacksmith" as (1) a smith
who works in iron.
rls...@little-miami.iac.net (Robert L Smith)
Colin W Swift
As I understand it (feel free to correct me anyone)
Blacksmith dealt in Iron and Steel Whitesmith dealt in "soft metals"
Lead, tin, pewter and such like.
Colin
chi...@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Colin W Swift")
Ian Beach
A Blacksmith usually worked with iron whereas a Whitesmith usually
worked with tin.
Ian Beach <ian....@westernpower.wa.gov.au>