A blacksmith’s anvil is the heart of the workshop—and this one weighs 400 pounds. In this video we mount and position the anvil to create a stable forging setup. Proper installation makes a huge ...

When you think of a blacksmith, you probably think back to colonial times, a rugged, Founding Father-type with rolled-up sleeves, hammering away on an anvil. But the art form is alive and well today, ...

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 rest ...

One of the biggest challenges facing the aspiring blacksmith is procuring the tools of the trade. And that means tackling the unenviable task of finding a decent anvil. Sure, one can buy an ASO — ...

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 ...

Regular readers will recognise this as the third part of a series exploring blacksmithing for those who have perhaps always fancied having a go but have never quite known where to start. It’s written ...

Three men inside Cooper's Blacksmith Shop at Fifth Street and Broadway in Vancouver interrupt their work to pose for a photo. From left to right: owner M.J. Cooper, J.E. Johnson and Heckman (first ...

After years of putting vehicles and heavy equipment through extreme durability tests, this time the challenge is something much older - a 275-pound blacksmith anvil from 1865. With no clear answers ...

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 ...