Building a Blacksmith

[Magnus]

I'm building a blacksmiths for my late medieval era castle, and I was just wondering if anyone knew what it might actually look like. Would there just be a large fireplace and an anvil, and some racks for weapons tools and armor? Would they have bellows at that period?

[wlister]

I am not sure about bellows, but they would have 3 different quenching buckets. Salt Water, Fresh Water and an oil mixture. I am not sure what different quenching materials actually does to the metal, but I have read about the different queching buckets in a few references. There would definitly be weapon racks( if the smith makes weapons), tools and an anvil. Good luck with the smith.

Will