With a resounding CLANG, Dave Kauffman brings the hammer down on the magma-red steel, showering the area around his anvil with glowing, 2,000-degree sparks. Kauffman is a blacksmith, and showing ...

While modern technology offers improvements — such as gas-powered forges, pneumatic hammers, and advances in metallurgy — Luark prefers to use the old-fashioned techniques and tools of traditional ...

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 ...

Experience the art of blacksmithing at Gold King Mine Ghost Town. Learn about the history of the mine and the craft of ...

Mark Johnstone Hopper has a simple job description. “I hit things with a hammer — for a reason.” Others fill out his resume. “I’m unbelievably impressed with his passion and craftsmanship. It’s the ...

The rhythmic plink-plink-plink of hammers striking red-hot iron punctuated the sound of 1960s garage rock coming from a distant stereo. A few hours later, five men walked out of Cooper’s Forge on the ...

Frank McKinney stood in the windblown outdoor display at the entryway to the Dixon Historical Society Museum, the rhythmic clang of metal on metal echoing through the downtown venue. As curator of the ...

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 ...

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