The sweltering heat had finally moved on and Giant Tick season was coming to a close (not kidding, they are HUGE here), when I decided to fire up my hacked together blacksmith forge made out of an old ...

It was only 2 degrees outside, but as I gripped the tongs, trying to hammer the glowing piece of steel clamped in its jaws, my leather glove began to smoke. I dropped the tongs with a yelp, and the ...

In this video, I build a DIY blacksmithing forge from scrap materials. Using steel from a local scrapyard and a brake drum from a vehicle recycling site, I assembled a functional forge perfect for ...

Steve Austin of Austin’s Iron Works in Claycomo forges a scroll detail for a gate. He’s been a blacksmith for 43 years and his work is in such prestigious homes as that of philanthropist Julia Irene ...

BELLINGHAM -- CLANG, clink, clink, CLANG, clink clink. The rhythmic sound of metal on metal reverberates off the trees outlining the back yard of a house set back from Bellingham's Lake Street. A haze ...

When living in Milwaukee, he did all of his blacksmith work out of his garage at home, which neighborhood children found interesting. “I always find time for firing up the forge,” he said. “The ...

BELLINGHAM — CLANG, clink, clink, CLANG, clink, clink. The rhythmic sound of metal on metal reverberates off trees outlining the backyard of a house set back from Bellingham's Lake Street. A haze of ...