Hammer & Tongs Variations on Fundamental Tools

摘要

We say of someone who is furiously working a task, "He's going at it hammer and tongs!" There's no mystery there: watching a blacksmith at his loud, hot trade is a show of strength and energy. The blacksmith grasps the cherry-red iron with tongs and beats it into shape with a hefty hammer. These fundamental tools have a wide range of purposes in addition to shaping metal, and this primer addresses those tools and their uses.