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 ...
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 ...
Any way you look at it, blacksmithing is a punishing trade. Heavy tools, a red-hot forge, flying sparks, and searing metal all exact a toll on the smith’s body unless precautions are taken. After ...
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 ...
When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything in the world looks like a nail. Unless you’re a blacksmith, that is. Under the hammers of the would-be smiths who stopped by David Kailey’s ...
The Berea Makerspace is hosting their second Spring Hammer-In on the first weekend of May, May 3rd, in partnership with the Blacksmiths of Kentucky Facebook group. Hammer-In serves as a chance for ...