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Statement: Iron (and later steel) tongs with long handles are used in bloomery smelting and forge work to grip hot metal blooms and billets safely, keeping the operator’s hands away from radiant heat and molten slag.
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- About → Smithing Tongs
- Cites → tylecote-1992-a-history-of-metallurgy