MADISON, Minn. — Some called Gene Sandau goofy when he started his blacksmithing hobby. They told the Madison policeman there weren't plows to sharpen any more. It didn't deter him from making iron ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - One U.S. Army veteran has found a way to overcome his post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with a newly found hobby, blacksmithing. Cpt. Clinton Merrit is a U.S. Army veteran ...

The amateur blacksmiths were hard at work: heating metal rods, then hammering them into shape. Reheating, hammering some more, twisting and bending, and finally, hours later, creating small metal ...

KEARNEY — When Tony Ourada watches his granddaughter twist and bombard molten metal into submission over an anvil from 1896 inside his busy, south Kearney shed, the pride in his eyes is unmistakable. ...

Richard Anderson has been a blacksmith and bladesmith for 30 years and makes custom blades for clients. Anderson teaches manufacturing and blacksmithing at Washburn Institute of Technology. Anderson ...