In this video, I share my journey into blacksmithing by building a simple propane forge using fire bricks and plumbing fittings. Key steps include arranging fire bricks into a rectangular box, cutting ...

DOTHAN, Ala. -- The steel rod glowed bright orange in the coals, stoked by air from the 19th century-era bellows. Steve Lowery picked up the rod with the scorching end and placed it on an anvil, then ...

For master blacksmith Steve Stone, an interest in metal work began when his dad taught him how to weld when he was young. This hobby would later help jumpstart a career in horseshoe-making. “I really ...

PITTSFIELD -- A hot forge is perhaps the last place you want to be on a Berkshire summer day. But blacksmith apprentice Spijk Selby and his teacher Jim Szalkucki don't seem to mind. They work well ...

Years ago, Shaun Williams began hammering his own armor out of cold sheet metal to wear to a Renaissance festival at Snyder Park in Fort Lauderdale. He later graduated to a blowtorch and eventually ...

Ed Willcock shares his passion for blacksmithing and how he keeps the artform alive. In this era of modern conveniences and disposable goods, it's nice to get back to our roots of making things by ...

BELLINGHAM — CLANG, clink, clink, CLANG, clink, clink. The rhythmic sound of metal on metal reverberates off trees outlining the backyard of a house set back from Bellingham's Lake Street. A haze of ...