Photo by Peter Cihelka /The Free Lance-Star via AP Justin Jennings fashions a chef's knife at Black Horse Forge in Stafford County, Va. FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Steve Hotz found his groove in ...

Blacksmithing was an essential trade during the canal era for producing and repairing iron goods. Class participants get hands-on education by making an S-hook and a fireplace poker. COSHOCTON − Briar ...

If you ever wanted to learn about blacksmithing, Samuel Dembitsky is your man. “If you want to know something, start asking questions,” the tall elderly man with a burly mustache quipped. “And if I ...

SALEM, Ore. — Since its founding in 2022, Industrial Artistic and Creative Therapy (IACT) has become a sanctuary for veterans and first responders struggling with stress and PTSD. Founded by "Forged ...

TUCSON, Ariz. - Shortly after the Industrial Revolution, the need for a blacksmith went away, and the craft is now pretty much just a thing of the past. A school in Tucson, however, is trying to ...

Walt Hull, who lives in Pleasant Grove south of Lawrence, has been a blacksmith for more than 15 years and creates fences, gates, tables and more from iron. Hammers clang and sparks fly. Heat and ...

In this video, learn how to make an adjustable fullering tool for accurate hidden tang transitions, inspired by a design from ...

When Leslie Tharp began her career as a metal artist in 2009, the metalworking community in north central Florida was quite small. “You really had to leave the state to go anywhere,” Tharp said in her ...

This age-old craft, known locally as Chalangari, is not merely a profession but a cherished cultural heritage that has shaped the lives of countless artisans and their communities. Master Hossein ...

'Exhausting, scary and daunting' are the words Eungella resident Shane Robinson uses to describe the bushfires that ravaged his town in late 2018. Bushfires tore through the Eungella rainforest in ...

Wrath of the Lich King has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride for blacksmiths. It's passed through a few tunnels of high importance, then settled onto a kind of vestigial relevance before finally ...