The chipping hammer is a blacksmith’s cleanup weapon - small, fast, and unforgiving. In this fire-born build, we craft one from raw steel: hardened for impact, balanced for control. Made to strike, ...

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 ...

Many medieval and fantasy open-world games incorporate blacksmithing or crafting in one form or another, although this is often done in a menu. Some games, however, have more of an emphasis on ...

One of the participants starts work on making a hook from steel. Image: (C) Tim Sandle How often do you take up the challenge of trying something different? Arts and crafts provide an interesting ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...