Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nova Scotia blacksmiths will be showing off their tools and techniques at an event in Lower Ship Harbour on Saturday. (Matthew ...

Blacksmithing begins with mastering your tools. In this guide, we forge a hammer completely by hand using traditional techniques. Watch how raw steel is shaped under the hammer into one of the most ...

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 ...

In this blacksmithing project, raw steel is transformed into a classic ball peen hammer. Step by step, the forging process reveals how heat, hammering, and precision shape the tool. From forming the ...

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 ...

Retired blacksmith John Dittmeier will give a lecture on blacksmithing at the Athens-Clarke County Library. He learned blacksmithing from Bill Gichner, a renowned blacksmith and tool collector. The ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This hammer is a miniature metal ...