The anvil is a 114-pound chunk of iron, heavily scarred from hundreds of hammer strikes against red-hot metal pieces over the years. In the corner, a modest furnace is filled with charred coals. The ...

Asked what it feels like to forge iron, Robert Thomas has to pause for a moment and compose himself before plunging into a description of what, for him, is as much a passion as a livelihood. "Forging ...

Robert Thomas (left) works with Matt Garton to make a custom blacksmith tool at the RTID studio in North Charleston, S.C. Credit: Robert Thomas via AP Asked what it feels like to forge iron, Robert ...

Modern day blacksmith crafts a bit of his own Milwaukee history Kent Knapp is modern-day blacksmith with a passion for the craft of the past and as a 34-year-old, he makes his living bending and ...

When Jack Wert first tried blacksmithing as a boy, his reason was simple. “I wanted to make stuff,” said Wert of Sinking Spring. Now 19, Wert has five years experience in the trade and has made both ...

Press release from the John C. Campbell Folk School: November’s cooler temperatures and falling leaves encourage a return to festive indoor gatherings. The John C. Campbell Folk School’s annual ...

CHARLOTTE - Tucked away in a small wooden shed down a winding rural road in Charlotte, Michael Harrigan's Urthona Forge is fairly unassuming from the outside, save for a lone sign that reads ...

In the poem The Village Blacksmith, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow offers this description of the blacksmith. “His hair is crisp and black and long, His face is like the tan. His brow is wet with honest ...

Perkins often works in a western style, but his work ranges far wider. He put these motorcycles together out of spare bits, bolts and pieces. (Photo: Aimee Blume / Special to The Courier & Press) ...

Tucson's only blacksmithing school is celebrating its grand opening on Saturday, Feb. 2, and the public is invited to see the sparks fly. Desert Metal Craft, a new school started by three Tucsonans, ...