The trouble is, despite all that upbringing, I don’t consider myself to be a blacksmith. Sure, I am very familiar with forge work and can bash metal with the best of them, but I know blacksmiths.

Finally the piece that I purchased on this redo of the forge is the metal piece that covers the ... Finally the coal: basically you want, you need, blacksmithing coal. If one were to burn the ...

This 4-hour class is ideal for the beginner blacksmith with little to no experience. We’ll explore basic techniques first, then move on to forging hooks with a decorative twist. ABANA ...

Here and in the smithy, museum staffers teach classes on basic forging ... the blacksmithing program at Southern Illinois University, fashioned a new antler out of casting wax for a pot-metal ...

I specifically use the term forging because turning a group ... Using this process, the blacksmith can take an ordinary chunk of metal and turn it into an amazing work of art or a tool that ...