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 ...
It is an incredible amount of work to forge a pair of fireplace tongs. Like, this blacksmith should be awarded with a medal that lets everyone know that they should pat him on the back. Like he should ...
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 ...
BRENTWOOD — The sound of metal on metal rang out as Robert Menard pounded a still-sizzling piece of iron on an anvil. With sure strokes, he shaped the iron rod to a point, then plunged it back to the ...
One of the participants starts work on making a hook from steel. Image: (C) Tim Sandle One of the participants starts work on making a hook from steel. Image: (C) Tim Sandle How often do you take up ...
In this video, I demonstrate how I set up a small blacksmith shop to make my own knives and tools at a lower cost. I ...
Hand-forged tongs made using traditional blacksmithing methods. A detailed workshop process showing metal shaping, heating, ...
The set-up looks old-school – a furnace, anvil and two blacksmiths hammering in tandem to coax a hot steel rod into a pair of tongs. But for Adam’s Forge in Los Angeles’ Glassell Park neighborhood, ...
Three men inside Cooper's Blacksmith Shop at Fifth Street and Broadway in Vancouver interrupt their work to pose for a photo. From left to right: owner M.J. Cooper, J.E. Johnson and Heckman (first ...
Alder Hardt pulled a glowing yellow rod from his forge, laid it on an anvil and hammered a U-shaped bend into one end. When the steel rod was cool, Hardt reheated it, then clamped it in a vise.
Put down those protest banners, girls – women are officially liberated. A group of Melbourne women are forging a path in blacksmithing. And with its anvils, coke fires and power hammers, there may not ...