Blacksmiths will often make their own hammers to suit their needs, for example my dad made more than one using the high-quality steel of vehicle half-shafts as a starting point. Hardening them is ...

Like the Temple of Hephaestus perched on the outskirts of Athens, the slightly less-ancient Blacksmith of Trenton ... that goes on the power hammer is going to end up on the anvil.” ...

When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything in the world looks like a nail. Unless you’re a blacksmith ... For hours on end, they billowed forges, plunged rods of metal into piles ...

But unlike the soot-stained blacksmiths of yesterday, the ones at Goat n Hammer encourage you to come swing a hammer yourself. Tucked away amid the industrial relics of Atlanta’s Goat Farm Arts ...

Visit Banton-Smith Center for Blacksmith & Metal Arts on Facebook or cvbg.org for a class schedule. "If you have an opportunity to attend any hammer-ins, make it a point to do so," Stubblefield ...