Cutting iron

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Work in a Zainhammer , both hammers are currently producing Zaineisen

Zaineisen (also Krauseisen or Knoppereisen , in technical language occasionally - without plural - toothed irons ) were iron bars or iron strips notched on the edges during forging by anvil and hammer impressions, which were produced as semi-finished products for further processing on knives -, blade or scythe smiths or nail makers.

The preliminary product was heavy iron rods supplied by smelting works. Their further processing in independent hammer mills, the horizontal or Zain hammers , began in the second half of the 16th century. In the course of industrialization in the 19th century, the Zainhammers disappeared and with them the name of the product they made.

Individual evidence

  1. Christoph Weigel: Illustration of the non-profit-making main estates of which regents and their servants assigned in times of peace and war, bit on all artists and craftsmen / After every job and job, mostly drawn from life and brought into copper, also according to the origin, usability and memorable features, briefly, but thoroughly described, and presented in a completely new way. Regensburg 1698, sheet "Zeinhammer", online DFG viewer , accessed on August 19, 2013
  2. ^ Joachim Heinrich Campe: Dictionary of the German language. 5 volumes. School bookshop, Braunschweig 1807–1811, lemmas "Krauseisen", "Zahneisen", "Zaineisen"
  3. Rudi Palla : falconer, coal maker, copper engraver. A compendium of the lost professions (= btb paperback 7210). Frankfurt a. Main 1997, ISBN 978-3442721207 , quoted from Herbert Dandl: Work and Profession in the Historical Process. Study on the content and formal design of the social, political, economic and technological context in the exhibition concept of the “VISUBA” pilot project. Dissertation, University of Dortmund, Faculty of Education and Sociology 2006, p. 175