In the Fawn Grove workshop he built by hand, using materials from an old oak tree and a house built in the 1860s, Derick Kemper forges steel and iron into works of art. The 34-year-old is a ...

A 21-year-old who shunned university to forge a career as a traditional blacksmith while he was still a teenager is hoping to inspire more young people into the ancient trade. Jay Cardall took up the ...

The king of trades. That's what Jim Sage, owner/operator of Sage Forge LLC in Duluth Township, calls blacksmithing. He points out that for years, society relied upon blacksmiths to produce the vast ...

Walking down the block Saturdays in Rocheport, clangs of the local blacksmith George B. Robb II are bound to reach the ear. For close to 38 years, Robb has honed his skills as a blacksmith and learned ...

A look at upgrading an anvil setup in the forge, improving workflow, stability, and efficiency for traditional blacksmithing ...

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Blacksmithing is an ancient trade that, like other crafts, saw a downturn during the Industrial Revolution, when machines took over jobs that... Blacksmiths Forge A New, Artisanal Future Adam's Forge ...

Alder Hardt pulled a glowing yellow rod from his forge, laid it on an anvil and hammered a U-shaped bend into one end. When the steel rod was cool, Hardt reheated it, then clamped it in a vise.

A non-profit in Lake Luzerne that is one of the few places to learn the centuries-old blacksmithing trade celebrated a long-awaited expansion Wednesday. The Adirondack Folk School has been preserving ...

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — Scott Wadsworth has been fascinated by blacksmiths since he was 12 years old, when he kept running across descriptions of them in the Western books he enjoyed. He was camping the ...