A recent “hammer-in” started with a demonstration by Terry Carson of Puyallup about making a decorative bottle opener. “It’s my full-time occupation,” said Carson, who started blacksmithing 41 years ...
Pieces of red-hot steel were shaped into close to 200 useful or decorative items Saturday as area blacksmiths gathered for the annual Hammer-In event at Laughlintown’s Compass Inn Museum. Visitors ...
I visited master blacksmith Torbjörn Åhman to forge a rounding hammer. Watch the full hammer-making process and see the ...
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 ...
COTTRELLVILLE TWP. - Matt Moline has the radio on at his shop on Marine City Highway, but he's banging out his own beat, a chorus scored for hammer and anvil. Moline is a blacksmith, and this is the ...
In the days of yore, blacksmiths created just about every farm and household tool. They sharpened plows, crafted axes, hammers, chisels and nails, and were always sought by settlers. The modern day ...
On a whim, I popped into the Central Virginia Blacksmith Guild 25th Anniversary Hammer-In. The three-day event took place at the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds March 10 - 12. I enjoyed the heck out ...
In this video, I forge a sturdy pair of bolt tongs—a must-have tool for holding round or square stock securely at the forge.
HANOI, Vietnam — He is the last blacksmith on Blacksmith Street, dark with soot, his arms dappled with burns, sweating and hammering at his little roadside forge as a new world courses past him. The ...
A Saskatchewan man is showcasing his family's tradition of molding metal into craft tools and art. Jim Gerlinsky is one of many artisans showing off their creations at the WinterGreen Fine Craft ...
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 ...