A calm blacksmithing session shaping a useful garden tool with heat, hammer control, and careful finishing.

Any way you look at it, blacksmithing is a punishing trade. Heavy tools, a red-hot forge, flying sparks, and searing metal all exact a toll on the smith’s body unless precautions are taken. After ...

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 ...

The Goat N Hammer is an Atlanta-based forge, complete with a few blacksmiths, a roaring fire and anvil. It's been quietly building a following for its bladesmithing and knife grinding instruction ...

One of the participants starts work on making a hook from steel. Image: (C) Tim Sandle One of the participants starts work on making a hook from steel. Image: (C) Tim Sandle How often do you take up ...

For those of a certain age, the half-white, half-Comanche blacksmith of TV’s “Gunsmoke” fame, Quint Asper, played by Burt Reynolds, may be the classic image of a stoic, muscular metalsmith who creates ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- So, this summer getting too hot for you? Try being a blacksmith -- not because you have to because it's your job, but because it's fun. Members of the Chesapeake Forge ...