Watch as a rusty flea market sledgehammer is transformed into a precision stake anvil for blacksmithing. Follow the full ...

Anvils have been around since ancient times. Basically, anvils are used to forge and shape metal. The first anvils were made of stone, then bronze, then wrought iron, then steel-faced wrought iron, ...

PORT TOWNSEND — After working as a blacksmith most of his life, Jim Garrett found it natural to forge ahead as an anvil manufacturer in 2007. After all, he pounds out and shapes metal for a living ...

No doubt many readers have at times wished to try their hand at blacksmithing, but it’s fair to say that acquiring an anvil represents quite the hurdle. For anyone not knowing where to turn there’s a ...

Coletta, who came to blacksmithing through a business in structural steel, said that his building requirements were small – 400 square feet of space, with a concrete floor – and that the old ...

When it comes to turning raw metal alloys into useful things, two processes dominate: casting and forging. Both have their place, but when strength and light weight are priorities, forging is the ...