The Difference Between a Blacksmith, Whitesmith, Brownsmith, Redsmith [Medieval Professions: Smith]

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    In this video we take a look at the different kinds of smiths, more specifacallty why different types of smiths are named after colours. This video will answer questions like. Why are blacksmiths called blacksmiths? What is the difference between blacksmiths and whitesmiths? What kinds of smiths are there? and more ...
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  • @mickeric4589
    @mickeric4589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    My grandfather was a Blacksmith/Whitesmith/Brownsmith. I learned a lot off him. RIP

  • @GallowglassAxe
    @GallowglassAxe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    As for someone who has a real interest in Smithing I didn't think I would learn so much in 8 minutes. I knew some things bout the whitesmiths (mainly they worked with tin) but most of that was new to me. And I've never even heard of the other color smiths (or at least in that term) until now. Great job!

    • @zamszz
      @zamszz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      “Real”

  • @1995yuda
    @1995yuda 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I had no idea other variations of Smiths are a thing. Thanks for the information, I learned so much in such a short time.

  • @jimmysblacksmithing462
    @jimmysblacksmithing462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Very nice informative video. I am a Blacksmith.However have made shiny silver looking objects as well like the old fashioned way in the middle ages so to speak. it is wonderful The way you have broken this down and specifying for very fine educational purposes. Thank you so much for sharing this knowledge and expertise with us all. Keep up the good work look forward to more of your informative videos, Stay well have a beautiful evening. Jim

    • @KobeanHistory
      @KobeanHistory  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the kind comment!

  • @kman5475
    @kman5475 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    I feel you should also touch on the Will Smith. Other than that, great video!

    • @CultofThings
      @CultofThings 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Isn't that just a blacksmith?

    • @Scoot12321
      @Scoot12321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@CultofThings 😂

    • @garretball4473
      @garretball4473 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@CultofThings bro 🤣

    • @Kyle-xt8ip
      @Kyle-xt8ip 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I just realized how brilliant that name is. If the context of smithing one's will was the goal.

    • @mikeyholterfield9019
      @mikeyholterfield9019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CultofThings ya a "black" Smith

  • @joshuawayneyork
    @joshuawayneyork 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I had no idea about all the different colors of "Smith"! Great video! Thank you!

  • @Melitulf
    @Melitulf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Blacksmithing is the most hardcore profession. They literally forge black metal

    • @GallowglassAxe
      @GallowglassAxe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      But whitesmith are the ones that deal with the real heavy metal (i.e. lead).

    • @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347
      @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GallowglassAxe *electric guitar while a “YAAAA!” of a guitarist*

    • @stevesyncox9893
      @stevesyncox9893 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually. True story.....

  • @xisailuo
    @xisailuo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I always enjoy this series, looking forward to the upcoming videos on the different kinds of smiths!

  • @lordfarquar9215
    @lordfarquar9215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very good video. I appreciate you. Please keep making these

  • @markpennella
    @markpennella ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent video!

  • @brianfuller7691
    @brianfuller7691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is a very informative video.

  • @paulmaryon9088
    @paulmaryon9088 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Another great video thank you

  • @marycavender7136
    @marycavender7136 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My grandpa was able to work with multiple materials like wood, metals of many sorts. He hand crafted tools both large and small. He made utensils to use and hand made musical instruments! I recall him showing me his workshop in making violins, guitars etc. He had brought all of these skills of mechanical abilities from Kentucky! I think his origins were in Scotland! Nice video.💪🛠️🔨⛏️🔧🔩🗜️🎻🎸‼️He was a pretty awesome musician too.🤔🤗👍

  • @joshcoughx
    @joshcoughx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Don't forget Wordsmith!

    • @VincentGonzalezVeg
      @VincentGonzalezVeg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The legend of the keyboard wars & the strike of the pen

  • @sarapukall5442
    @sarapukall5442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The distinction that someone making jewelry from silver is a goldsmith, while a silversmith makes objects like plates and cups etc, is still true today. Signed, a goldsmith ;)

  • @ronbird121
    @ronbird121 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    whitesmiths or coldsmiths also make mail, rivets, fitting/polishing armorplates.

  • @hannamakela6989
    @hannamakela6989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Keeping up with the Smiths. ;)

  • @scottleft3672
    @scottleft3672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Smart and Martin and Martell are names also from striking trades...simmilar to Smith/Smidt,

    • @josiahtheblacksmith467
      @josiahtheblacksmith467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If I'm not mistaken martell means hammer which seems similar to heimer schmidt which means hammer smith. Smith is a derivative of the archaic word smite which means to hit. Blacksmith means one who strikes the black metal. Martel would indicate one who is a hammerer or who makes hammers. Charles Martel was Charlemagne's grandfather, Charles the hammer.

    • @CieJe.Alexander
      @CieJe.Alexander 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@josiahtheblacksmith467 Smith means smite, or strike. Hmm... There are a few Labor Strike, and crossing-the-picket-line jokes here, that I won't touch.

  • @bryankelly3647
    @bryankelly3647 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video but I would’ve mentioned that the name Smith comes from the word smite, a word people knew from church

  • @Morwyn_le_Fay
    @Morwyn_le_Fay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i haven't watched the video yet but i'm gonna make a guess ob what the different teems mean, blacksmith is someone who works in iron or steel, whitesmith is someone who works with silver (or maybe polishing?), redsmith is working in copper, brownsmith is gold, that is my guess, i'm going to edit this comment and correct myself. edit: alright, i was correct on blacksmith, i was surprised at how close i was with the polishing guess for whitesmith, the reasoning behind my guess was completely wrong, it was that in the middle ages a suit of full plate armour which was also polished was called "allwhite", now that was wrong but i was on the right track, i was pretty far off on brown smith and almost right on redsmith (not quite though), i didn't even consider greensmith

  • @joksizantos7520
    @joksizantos7520 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What about Agent Smith?

  • @sirrealism7300
    @sirrealism7300 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember someone telling me that Armorers are on a different level from blacksmiths and were extremely rare.

  • @mage1over137
    @mage1over137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So if you get 5 smiths of different colors together and they can summon captain smith.

    • @justindunlap1235
      @justindunlap1235 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wouldn't captain smith basically just be thor with a leather apron?

  • @josephvisnovsky1462
    @josephvisnovsky1462 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have never found a source proving 'whitesmith' worked in silver. Working with tin, certainly, also called a 'tinker'.
    Those polishing weapons, or armor were also called a 'furbisher'.

    • @josephvisnovsky1462
      @josephvisnovsky1462 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Addendum
      Norman-French sources mention 'fer blanc' white iron
      This specifically deals with tin, and also became a French surname Fer-Blanc.

  • @fabricio-agrippa-zarate1000
    @fabricio-agrippa-zarate1000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This has much more sense than what I thought was the reason for the name "black", I thought it was because they'll get very dirty for all the oxide and the charcoal 🤨🥴😅

  • @yevrahhipstar3902
    @yevrahhipstar3902 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So...a brownsmith isn't just another name for gong-farmer?

  • @patrickwingard1927
    @patrickwingard1927 ปีที่แล้ว

    cool af. sources?

  • @goosetaylor2336
    @goosetaylor2336 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Didnt kno there Where so many different smiths

  • @derutglory8359
    @derutglory8359 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am from bali, my father profesion as black smith. In bali black smith we call PANDE

  • @kaineleggett3401
    @kaineleggett3401 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Waiting for someone to get "triggered" by this 🙄
    Good video, thank you.

    • @markhorst94
      @markhorst94 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why sould someone be triggered by this? 🤔

    • @kaineleggett3401
      @kaineleggett3401 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@markhorst94 No sane person should.
      Unfortunately it seemd anytime there are colours involved someone claims racism.

    • @OneHandedClapper
      @OneHandedClapper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All Smiths Matter

    • @naturaljoe759
      @naturaljoe759 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That would be a “gunsmith”

  • @gmicg
    @gmicg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yyou have goldsmiths, locksmith, gunsmith, locksmith, clocksmith...

  • @Terrakinetic
    @Terrakinetic ปีที่แล้ว

    Did anyone else watch Solid JJ"s "The Lantern Spectrum?"
    th-cam.com/video/pO-0oM21Uhg/w-d-xo.html
    Me: Brownsmith... you mean a smith that...
    Grooble the Brownsmith: That what? You thought I worked with ֆɦɨȶ, didn't you?

  • @munromark1400
    @munromark1400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    GOLD SMITH.

  • @EliottRobinson
    @EliottRobinson 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I thought whites smith were smiths dealing with fine silver and red would be copper. Fair enough

  • @zackstump5425
    @zackstump5425 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why does this sound like ilmango

  • @MikhaelAhava
    @MikhaelAhava ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok.

  • @RedmarKerkhof
    @RedmarKerkhof 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brownsmith also sounds like an old-timey euphemism for a gay man.

    • @naturaljoe759
      @naturaljoe759 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Growing up, we were told my great uncle was a fruitsmith.

  • @xhunny5054
    @xhunny5054 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    you forgot to add will smith

  • @julianporcel8184
    @julianporcel8184 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So iron is kvlt af

  • @mohamed-fb9vt
    @mohamed-fb9vt ปีที่แล้ว

    You forgot Will Smith

  • @MrTerrymiff
    @MrTerrymiff 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The surname 'Smith' is not common, it is popular.

  • @scottleft3672
    @scottleft3672 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Like an Olivesmith, Orange smiths smashed oranges to make orange juice.....not.

  • @1962vid
    @1962vid 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video!

  • @titsoutforlusikka
    @titsoutforlusikka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You forgot Will Smith