The sweltering heat had finally moved on and Giant Tick season was coming to a close (not kidding, they are HUGE here), when I decided to fire up my hacked together blacksmith forge made out of an old ...
There he was, fresh out of graduate school, with no income for materials, set up in a garage on the former family estate at the Redding border, surrounded by heirloom tools that his grandfather ...
“I always find time for firing up the forge,” he said. “The neatest part I think is when I would pull the forge outside and fire it up it; was like a magnet to the neighborhood kids. It’s like that ...
Simon Hall, tenant blacksmith at the National Trust’s Branscombe Forge in Devon, has been crowned as both national British static and live forging champion for the second year running. His leafy ...
Not too many people have a complete forge in their workshop, but Joshua De Lisle does, and he's been putting it to good use. In a series of five time-lapsed videos, Lisle forges, hammers, welds, and ...
HART -- John and Callee Griswold couldn't go back in history. So, they are recreating it -- one sword, one shield and one crossbow at a time. It is laborious work, but the Griswolds, owners of Iron ...
Wood-fired forges burn cleaner than forges that require coal. I want to start blacksmithing. What’s the difference between wood-burning forges and coal-burning forges? And can you really get a ...
Victor Andersen hasn’t spent much time away from his anvil, forge and belt drive for 60 years. The century-old appliances are more than the tools of his trade. They are what give one of few remaining ...