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 ...

In an era of invisible, cloud-based commerce, Brian’s Welding is an old-school business, full of metal and machinery. This month, the welders went even more retro, gathering around an anvil and ...

Photo by Peter Cihelka /The Free Lance-Star via AP Justin Jennings fashions a chef's knife at Black Horse Forge in Stafford County, Va. FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Steve Hotz found his groove in ...

A second Charleston college is offering its students an opportunity to learn hands-on about blacksmithing and ironwork, as interest for the historical craft continues to grow. This renewed attraction ...

ALBANY — A group of volunteers is working to bring a building to life in Albany that would fit in nicely in a different era. Thousands attend Albany Pioneer Days every September, and one of the ...

MORRISTOWN Ten people from teens to retirees spent an already hot Saturday around an 1860s forge at Historic Speedwell Saturday learning the basics of blacksmithing in an all-day master class called ...

FREETOWN — Dink, dink, dink. Dink, dink, dink. Dink, dink, dink. Anyone who’s ever watched a blacksmith lay a piece of hot iron on a big anvil and slowly hammer the glowing metal into something useful ...

Perched on a stool behind an anvil and a 5-pound mallet, the expert blacksmith and knife maker waited for the first group of patrons who signed up for a session with the "Angry Giant." But Jason ...

Blacksmithing demonstrations can be found throughout Mississippi and can turn up at different events like the Society for Creative Anachronisms' annual Gulf Wars in March or Saturday's Forge Day at ...

Stroll around Market Square and you’re sure to spot Peter Happny’s handiwork. From the goddess Ceres atop Ceres Bakery on Penhallow Street to the Piscataqua Savings Bank sign on Pleasant Street, ...