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- # CHAPTER 113. The Forge.
## Overview
This is a section titled "CHAPTER 113. The Forge." It is extracted from the text file [moby_dick.txt](arke:01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6) and spans lines 18665 to 18804. It is classified as a section within the larger structure of the novel *Moby-Dick; or, The Whale*.
## Context
This section is part of [BOOK III. (_Duodecimo_), CHAPTER III. (_Mealy-mouthed Porpoise_)](arke:01KG8AK83BA227D6NY5BT040FM) of *Moby-Dick*, which is included in the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It follows [CHAPTER 112. The Blacksmith.](arke:01KG8AMATK77Z8FV4TNPH25078) and precedes [CHAPTER 114. The Gilder.](arke:01KG8AMBF3YSKDC8QFR1SQ1YGG).
## Contents
This section contains two chunks of text. The first chunk describes Perth, the blacksmith, at his forge, and Captain Ahab's arrival with a request to forge a special harpoon from the gathered nail-stubbs of racing horses. Ahab insists on welding the iron himself. The second chunk continues the description of Ahab forging the harpoon, with the Parsee invoking a blessing or curse on the work. Ahab tempers the barbs of the harpoon with the blood of Tashtego, Queequeg, and Daggoo. The section concludes with Ahab fitting the pole to the harpoon and walking away with the completed weapon, followed by Pip's unsettling laugh.
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