Having talked in general about the origins of this series and then about hearths, we’ll move on in the next part of this series to the anvil. It’s the most iconic of blacksmith’s tooling ...

The president of the Gator Blacksmithing design team discusses how he teaches the skill of blacksmithing in this week's Tech ...

Transforming an old sledgehammer from a flea market find into a new blacksmithing tool for my workshop. In this project, I forged a stake anvil using one half of the sledgehammer. El Salvador's ...

Each part of the anvil has a purpose, and when used together, they can help a blacksmith make almost any shape out of a hot piece of metal. Anvils have been around since ancient times, and they're ...

They put the walls back up, put on a roof, found old tools (like the trip hammer in the foreground) and outfitted it with anvils and tongs. Everything you need for a working blacksmith shop.