Norwalk, California. Norwalk is a suburban city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population is estimated to be 107,096 as of 2014. It is the 58th most densely-populated city in California. Founded in the late 19th century, Norwalk was incorporated as a city in 1957.
Report Abuse. Strike while the iron is hot means act while you have the chance to. It comes from the black-smithing practice of heating up metal and then striking it when it is malleable to shape it. If you let the metal cool off, then it breaks instead of bends into shape.
What the ancient blacksmith didn t realize was that the hardness of the resulting iron, after it had been formed into a tool or weapon and allowed to cool depended upon the amount of carbon in the mixture. The source of his carbon was, of course, the fire.