Silly, said the farmer about the sledgehammers

"Stupid" said the farmer when the crofter came with an iron grip!
On the blacksmith's role in modernizing agriculture and households.
You can take part in the work of blacksmiths in the historic forge, and learn more in the small exhibition with objects from the museum's collection. Get a recipe for gorån with you! Forged gora iron can be found in the exhibition.

The farmers viewed iron novelties with great suspicion. "Stupid" said the farmer when the farmhand would turn the manure with an iron grip. But with less effort and more work done, the iron tools eventually won success. Wooden hoe was replaced by iron hoe, wooden grapple by iron grapple, wooden rake by iron rake. The picture refers to the resistance and shows a wooden handle from the 18th century.nIt is an object that the blacksmith developed to make use of what was produced in the field.

Blacksmith in the forge in Gislöv's blacksmith museum Saturdays and Sundays July 8 to August 13 from 10 am to 2 pm.