For the past few months we’ve been running this series of Blacksmithing For The Uninitiated posts, exploring the art of forge work for a novice. It’s based upon my experience growing up around a ...
PORT TOWNSEND — After working as a blacksmith most of his life, Jim Garrett found it natural to forge ahead as an anvil manufacturer in 2007. After all, he pounds out and shapes metal for a living ...
Like the Temple of Hephaestus perched on the outskirts of Athens, the slightly less-ancient Blacksmith of Trenton shop sits in a remote corner of the city, well away from the State House and the rest ...
With a resounding CLANG, Dave Kauffman brings the hammer down on the magma-red steel, showering the area around his anvil with glowing, 2,000-degree sparks. Kauffman is a blacksmith, and showing ...
Regular readers will recognise this as the third part of a series exploring blacksmithing for those who have perhaps always fancied having a go but have never quite known where to start. It’s written ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. An anvil is a big steel workbench, where blacksmiths do most of their forging work - that’s when you hit the hot steel with the hammer ...
Members of Alfred University’s Anvil Club will be working on their blacksmithing projects throughout the summer and invites the public to view these demonstrations. Members of Alfred University’s ...
The country's youngest journeyman blacksmith fires up his forge. His abba (Hebrew for father) hovers nearby, keeping tabs on the oldest of his five children. He says Asher Camire has a healthy sense ...