Photo by Peter Cihelka /The Free Lance-Star via AP Justin Jennings fashions a chef's knife at Black Horse Forge in Stafford County, Va. FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Steve Hotz found his groove in ...

The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes offers hands-on metal arts workshops for teens this April.

This video showcases the complete project of forging a beautiful halberd inspired by the medieval age. It details the ...

Virginia Artist-blacksmith Nol Putnam talks art, mythology and forging metal. Artist-blacksmith Nol Putnam employs centuries-old techniques to make art out of iron and steel. Over four decades, Nol ...

RAYMOND — Since he got into blacksmithing a little more than a quarter of a century ago, there hasn’t been a day that Kelly Wetzel says he hasn’t looked forward to going into work. And when he was ...

John Frank recalls how his grandfather and father used to do their own blacksmithing out of necessity. “Most farms up through the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s had their own shop in a corner of a shed or barn, ...

A heart-shaped design is part of a tool created by Brian Delozier sits on top of a log. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — A Parkersburg blacksmith has a chance to win some money and an opportunity to be ...

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 ...

When Jack Wert first tried blacksmithing as a boy, his reason was simple. “I wanted to make stuff,” said Wert of Sinking Spring. Now 19, Wert has five years experience in the trade and has made both ...

Professional blacksmith Fire debuts with a comprehensive guide to shaping metal into a wide range of objects, from spoons and bottle openers to door knockers and wall hooks. Noting that blacksmithing ...