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 ...

Spijk Selby often thinks about the lasting impact of the objects he’s making. “It’s a mystic craft. I’m thinking about how my great-grandkids are going to feel about this knife — will it sit in a ...

While modern technology offers improvements - such as gas-powered forges, pneumatic hammers, and advances in metallurgy - Luark prefers to use the old-fashioned techniques and tools of traditional ...

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 ...

NAUVOO, Alabama – For many, blacksmithing is a trade, but for many others, it can also be a hobby – a hobby that takes time, patience and practice. Those skills were taught this September at Camp ...

FAWN GROVE, Pa. (AP) — 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 ...

Hand-forged small shovel built for coal fires. A practical blacksmithing project showing traditional metalworking and ...

For those of a certain age, the half-white, half-Comanche blacksmith of TV’s “Gunsmoke” fame, Quint Asper, played by Burt Reynolds, may be the classic image of a stoic, muscular metalsmith who creates ...