Ashes are burning hot as Ethan Choiniere and his blacksmiths work to make holiday-themed trinkets. The smiths keep the fire at the perfect temperature, at times glowing bright orange but never too hot ...

When you think of a blacksmith, you probably think back to colonial times, a rugged, Founding Father-type with rolled-up sleeves, hammering away on an anvil. But the art form is alive and well today, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jim Schepker, of Niantic, tells a story about working in corporate communications when there was a concern about Y2K. He was telling a story for a video for the History Chip website during the event ...

The Blacksmith Guild of Central Maryland will host its annual Blacksmith Days at the Carroll County Farm Museum, celebrating a long practiced tradition of heating metal in scorching forges and shaping ...

Like the Temple of Hephaestus perched on the outskirts of Athens, the slightly less-ancient Blacksmith of Trenton shop sits in a remote corner of the city, well away from the State House and the rest ...

“Under a spreading chestnut tree the village smithy stands…” and so begins the famous poem “The Village Blacksmith” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Written in 1842, Longfellow was already imparting a ...