Like the Temple of Hephaestus perched on the outskirts of Athens, the slightly less-ancient Blacksmith of Trenton shop sits in a remote corner of the city, well away from the State House and the rest ...

Any way you look at it, blacksmithing is a punishing trade. Heavy tools, a red-hot forge, flying sparks, and searing metal all exact a toll on the smith’s body unless precautions are taken. After ...

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 ...

With a resounding CLANG, Dave Kauffman brings the hammer down on the magma-red steel, showering the area around his anvil with glowing, 2,000-degree sparks. Kauffman is a blacksmith, and showing ...

ESCONDIDO – In a green, aluminum-sided building at the EscondidoHistory Center in Grape Day Park, the sounds of the past ring outwith each clang of blacksmith Stefan Kertz’s hammer. As he worked in ...

The Berea Makerspace is hosting their second Spring Hammer-In on the first weekend of May, May 3rd, in partnership with the Blacksmiths of Kentucky Facebook group. Hammer-In serves as a chance for ...

The Goat N Hammer is an Atlanta-based forge, complete with a few blacksmiths, a roaring fire and anvil. It's been quietly building a following for its bladesmithing and knife grinding instruction ...

When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything in the world looks like a nail. Unless you’re a blacksmith, that is. Under the hammers of the would-be smiths who stopped by David Kailey’s ...

Carlinville was the place for pinging on Saturday as more than a dozen traditional artisans descended on the community for the annual Illinois Valley Blacksmiths Hammer-In at the Macoupin County ...

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 ...