Step into the fiery world of blacksmithing and learn how to forge your very own steel axe from start to finish. In this ...

In practical terms, he's a blacksmith, a maker of candle stands, knives, hinges, thumb latches, bottle openers, hearth tools, corkscrews, garden gates — rustic, functional, instant antiques, things ...

Chloe Greenwood, a self-taught blacksmith who volunteers at Jerusalem Mill Village, strikes an ingot on an anvil in the barn. She reenacts colonial American blacksmithing techniques as they would ...

Elijah Burnett, of Burnett Forge, uses fire, metal, and muscle to make magic. "I am gonna start with this plain piece of flat bar stock. And this is actually gonna become a flower," he says ...

You blacksmith from a coke fire, not coal. It’s hotter, cleaner, and much more pleasant after the sulfurs gone. You may get away with smithing from a coal fire, but it is critical for forge welding.

This will create a longer, hotter fire upfront to properly start your coal, or kindling and coal, if you’re going for a big fire. Proper fire management is the hardest thing about forging with coal.

Though he often works by himself, Simisky is not afraid to share his craft with the world. He went on a History Channel show called "Forged in Fire" where blacksmiths compete against each other to ...

Out of the fire, a creation. Holding a small, flat piece of iron with a tool resembling barbecue tongs in his right hand, Paul Molinaro shoved the piece in a pile of red-hot charcoal. After a few m… ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — Fans of the History Channel’s popular TV show, “Forged in Fire,” will have the chance to see the fiery domain of a Kalamazoo blacksmith lair Wednesday night.