Souvenir from Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
At the end of a visit to the slate mines in Blaenau Ffestiniog I bought this souvenir fire poker that had been made in the Blacksmith’s forge.
It reminded me of my days at school in the bottom form where we had lessons for the boys who were going to be working in factories quite soon and at which I was completely hopeless because the only things I ever completed were a wonky wooden tray with loose dovetail joints and a bent metal fire poker that was completely useless for its intended purpose unless you wanted to poke the fire from around corners.
Have Bag, Will Travel 
True confessions, eh? You had such an innocent face.
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I take it black smithing was not your career Andrew? 🙂
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I would never make a master swordsman of Toledo that’s for sure.
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I’m quite taken with the idea of poking a fire from around the corner. It would perhaps be ideal for Dean Martin (I think) in the spoof spy films with a gun that shot round corners.
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It would only work well with a strategically placed mirror!
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Ha ha. “…to poke the fire from around corners.” What a sense of humor.
This particular buy looks like the devil. No wonder it can stand the heat of the fire. 😀
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Confession. I have coloured him a bit with photo shop.
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Even better! 😀
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