Years ago, Shaun Williams began hammering his own armor out of cold sheet metal to wear to a Renaissance festival at Snyder Park in Fort Lauderdale. He later graduated to a blowtorch and eventually ...

A second Charleston college is offering its students an opportunity to learn hands-on about blacksmithing and ironwork, as interest for the historical craft continues to grow. This renewed attraction ...

Perched on a stool behind an anvil and a 5-pound mallet, the expert blacksmith and knife maker waited for the first group of patrons who signed up for a session with the "Angry Giant." But Jason ...

The Mill River Folk School will kick off its second season of workshops Feb. 28 at the New Marlborough United Church Hall.

In an era of invisible, cloud-based commerce, Brian’s Welding is an old-school business, full of metal and machinery. This month, the welders went even more retro, gathering around an anvil and ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X John Frank recalls how his grandfather and father used to do their own blacksmithing out of ...

Blacksmithing demonstrations can be found throughout Mississippi and can turn up at different events like the Society for Creative Anachronisms' annual Gulf Wars in March or Saturday's Forge Day at ...