Friday, October 14, 2022

The Blacksmith

 

Old Town Scottsdale is full of lots of shops and restaurants and galleries but, there are also some historic buildings in the area too.  One of them is the old blacksmith's shop.  The building is an old adobe building and it still houses an active blacksmith.

Most of the work that is done at Cavalier's Blacksmith Shop is decorative ironwork but there was a time back around 1900, when wagon wheels and horse shoes came out of this shop.

The building is always fun to see when I'm exploring old town Scottsdale.  Once or twice I've actually seen those doors open and people working inside.

11 comments:

Steve Reed said...

Pretty cool to have a real blacksmith. I'm sure we have them too but they probably look much more industrial!

roentare said...

A great rustic look to the facades

Andy said...

It is always interesting to watch the Blacksmith do his work.

Travel said...

Nice shop, triggering memories

RedPat said...

How wonderful that there is still an active blacksmith shop right in town.

Catarina said...

A very different and interesting building.

Stefan Jansson said...

Nice piece of history.

Bill said...

Blacksmiths are not common in lots of places. It is nice that this town still has an active one that probably makes lots of different items for the town and his customers.

William Kendall said...

That's unexpected.

Billy Blue Eyes said...

There is a thing, when I was 15 I worked for a blacksmith

Catalyst said...

Living history.