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A blacksmith shop in Yeongju run by a blacksmith selected as the best craftsman in Gyeongsangbuk-do. Here, three blacksmiths with an average of 50 years of experience make over 50 types of farm implements. When the weather gets warm, the first thing farmers look for is none other than a hoe. That’s why the blacksmiths can’t leave their ovens because they make over 200 hoes a day on average. Last year, the blacksmiths made a whopping 70,000 hoes. Of those, 4,000 were exported overseas! The hoes here are sold in the US at a price that’s about 5 times higher than in Korea, but they’re still very popular. Special steel from scrapped cars is heated in a fire of about 1,200 degrees, pounded thousands of times, and finely sharpened to make the hoe, the pride of Korea. The blacksmiths say that they feel alive only when they hear the loud sound of metal. Let’s meet them at their place of life. #ExtremeJob #KHomie #StoneCuttingArtisan #amazon #Homi #gardeningtool