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 ...

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 ...

MARSHFIELD, Vt. (WCAX) - “What am I making?” Steven Bronstein asks himself while standing in front of a forge. It’s a question he’s often asking himself. Fortunately, it’s fairly easy to hammer out a ...

There is a ritual and subtle rhythm to Michael Murphy’s every movement as a blacksmith — in his 1800s style workspace at the Tallahassee Museum, he dances between the anvil and the bellows with tongs ...

Replacement springs were not among the priority supplies ordered from England. Spring steel was in short supply in North Africa as the rocky desert took a heavy toll on the springs. It required very ...

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