Learn how to make a practical blacksmithing tool designed for twisting hot metal, helping create decorative patterns and ...

July 21, 2025 at 7:15 a.m. EDT44 minutes ago Beatrix Lockwood spoke to Caitlin Morris. Illustrations by Maya Scarpa for The Washington Post. Caitlin Morris is the owner of Ms. Caitlin’s School of ...

Hobby crafts are growing in popularity. Sometimes they include anvils and fire. By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from Brookfield and Wolcott, Conn. The amateur blacksmiths were hard at work: heating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gulf Coast Blacksmith Association president Jared Kattengell of New Orleans works in his shop, heating and hammering metal.

A calm look at blacksmithing with a swage block, focusing on shaping metal, steady technique, and practical shop ...

For the past few months we’ve been running this series of Blacksmithing For The Uninitiated posts, exploring the art of forge work for a novice. It’s based upon my experience growing up around a ...

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 ...

Before the village pub, there was the village forge. You couldn't have a working village without one: the smith made the ...

Kemeralti Bazaar, Izmir, Turkiye – To the casual passer-by, the Akdemir family’s workshop could be any traditional blacksmith’s forge. Dozens of hammers and tongs hang from the walls; kebab skewers, ...