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 ...
This video shows how to build a half round swage with a handle for use under a power hammer. The tool is forged from high strain steel, but the process works just as well with common steels like mild ...
The Deanery Project in Lower Ship Harbour, N.S., will be host to a lot of heat and hammering on Saturday. Blacksmiths from across the Maritimes will hold a traditional hammer-in event where techniques ...
While modern technology offers improvements — such as gas-powered forges, pneumatic hammers, and advances in metallurgy — Luark prefers to use the old-fashioned techniques and tools of traditional ...
CORNWALL, Vt. (WCAX) - A rare piece of Vermont’s industrial history is for sale in Cornwall. As Darren Perron reports in this ...
Retired blacksmith John Dittmeier will give a lecture on blacksmithing at the Athens-Clarke County Library. He learned blacksmithing from Bill Gichner, a renowned blacksmith and tool collector. The ...