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Lithuanian Blacksmith Bends Iron and Finds His Customers Willing to Wait a Year
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Lithuanian Blacksmith Bends Iron and Finds His Customers Willing to Wait a Year

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Tomas Kichtenko runs a blacksmithing business in Kretinga after returning to Lithuania from five years in England.
  • He planned his return around ensuring that his children would learn to speak Lithuanian well.
  • Customers at his forge sometimes wait up to a year for his work.

Tomas Kichtenko returned to Lithuania after spending five years in England and built a blacksmithing business in Kretinga.

He had decided before leaving that he would make sure his children learned to speak Lithuanian well. For that reason, he planned to return no later than the time they were due to start kindergarten.

At his Kretinga forge, customers sometimes wait up to a year. Kichtenko shared the story of his business and demonstrated how to bend iron while it is hot.

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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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