Made On Earth — Testing Your Mettle with Iron Age Skills

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Made On Earth — Testing Your Mettle with Iron Age Skills

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Blacksmiths had to have skills as de- signer, engineer, and metalworker in order to make best use of this precious commodity.

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Steve Lodefink

An inveterate tinkerer and "broad-spectrum hobbyist," Steve just can't say no to a cool project. At 3, he was already reverse-engineering the peanut butter and jelly sandwich: "I figured out where all of the parts were, found a good tool, and built one. I've been doing it ever since." He lives in Seattle with his wife and two sons, two cats, five tarantulas, and 24 African cichlids, and thinks that one of life's great pleasures is a really sharp aged cheddar cheese. "I'm a simple man," he says. He looks at life's debris at https://finkbuilt.com.

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