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 ...

Kristopher Mercy of Sanford is a person with many interests. Among playing in the pit orchestra for the Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance’s production of “Mama Mia!” and taking online classes, he also ...

No power tools. No blueprint. Just fire, stone, and instinct. In this episode, we build a simple but deadly effective forge from the ground up - using raw materials and ancient methods. Sparks fly, ...

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 ...

Adam's Forge is a dark, high-ceilinged warehouse space in Los Angeles. It's set up with anvils, medieval-looking tools and black ovens that breathe fire. Recently, about a dozen people gathered for an ...

HART -- John and Callee Griswold couldn't go back in history. So, they are recreating it -- one sword, one shield and one crossbow at a time. It is laborious work, but the Griswolds, owners of Iron ...

IDAHO FALLS—An Idaho Falls man has found success running his own blacksmith business. Chris Hendry, owner of the shop, calls his business American Warrior Forge and Designs. He said he has been ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The owner of CabFab, a custom cabinet maker on Burnet Avenue, has launched a side business focused on blacksmithing. Chris Clemans added the blacksmith forge to CabFab's 40,000-square ...

Pake McNally is a throwback. At age 30, he is easily one of the youngest full-time blacksmiths in the state – thriving in an occupation considered obsolete more than a century ago. McNally uses the ...

GRAFTON -- Aaron Anderson decided to strike while the iron was hot. A seasoned blacksmith in Andover, he saw an advertisement the Windham Foundation placed in a newspaper to find a replacement for the ...

A clear look at how a swage block simplifies blacksmithing tasks, improving accuracy, efficiency, and versatility when shaping and forming hot steel.