Your hammers are what connect you to the work, and can be as individual as the preferences of the blacksmiths themselves. There is no “right” answer to the question of what hammer you should ...

A hammer rattles against a piece of hot iron as blacksmith Randy Dack turns the iron into a tool for a customer to use. Dack considers himself a utilitarian blacksmith. “I like my iron to be ...

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 ...

He doesn’t use glue or anything, and everything in his shop he made — hammers, stools, blades. He’s true to the original blacksmith trade. And, there is not a person with a bigger heart ...

After proper safety equipment and good training, a blacksmith may want to invest is power hammer to replace at least some of the heavy hammer work needed to shape hot metal. Power hammers aren’t ...

On a whim, I popped into the Central Virginia Blacksmith Guild 25th Anniversary Hammer-In. The three-day event took place at the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds March 10 - 12. I enjoyed the heck out ...

But this artist of the hammer, plans to continue blacksmithing at home in his leisure time. A native of Alexandria, Virginia, Dittmeier discovered blacksmithing in college during a metallurgy class.