This video follows the making of a scythe peening anvil, showing the steps, shaping, and purpose behind this specialized blacksmithing tool.

A proper scythe needs a sharp, well-maintained edge, and that starts with the right anvil. This build focuses on creating a specialized tool using traditional forging techniques.

Anvils have been around since ancient times. Basically, anvils are used to forge and shape metal. The first anvils were made of stone, then bronze, then wrought iron, then steel-faced wrought iron, ...

PORT TOWNSEND — After working as a blacksmith most of his life, Jim Garrett found it natural to forge ahead as an anvil manufacturer in 2007. After all, he pounds out and shapes metal for a living ...

The news has been spread in many ways throughout the years, but perhaps Peter Thomson, the Lafayette pioneer blacksmith, had one of the more unusual ways of telling his community what was happening.

Coletta, who came to blacksmithing through a business in structural steel, said that his building requirements were small – 400 square feet of space, with a concrete floor – and that the old ...

One of the biggest challenges facing the aspiring blacksmith is procuring the tools of the trade. And that means tackling the unenviable task of finding a decent anvil. Sure, one can buy an ASO — ...

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 ...