James Anderson’s Blacksmith Shop in Colonial Williamsburg is a world of activity. With forges fired up, hammers hit away at metal, hand-held files grind down fine detail work and sunlight seeps ...

Hammer away at a piece of iron until your arm feels like lead. Grasp a length of red-hot metal that could be fresh from Mount Etna. Stand at a fiery forge and shed sweat by the gallon. Who wouldn’t ...

Blacksmith Anthony Tratnyek uses bellows to stoke a fire in the hearth Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in the re-creation of the 1750 blacksmith shop in the Colonial Industrial Quarter in Bethlehem. The ...

Jay Close, a master blacksmith trained at Colonial Williamsburg, visits the reconstructed blacksmith's shop at Fort Vancouver offering demonstrations on making iron utensils the very old fashioned way ...

In one tent stood Randy McDaniel, the blacksmith from Pennsylvania, the owner of ExPRESSive Metals, the user of the hydraulic forging press. In another tent stood Ken Schwarz, the blacksmith from ...

The blacksmith was a man held in high esteem in the colonial village. Working the “black metals,” iron and steel, the blacksmith met the metal needs of the village, making and repairing farm tools and ...