Watch as a rusty flea market sledgehammer is transformed into a precision stake anvil for blacksmithing. Follow the full process of forging, grinding, and heat treatment, and see the anvil in action! ...

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Watch the process of forging a scrolling fork for an anvil. A useful blacksmithing tool designed for creating smooth, decorative scrolls in metal.

Anvils have been around since ancient times. Basically, anvils are used to forge and shape metal. The first anvils were made of stone, then bronze, then wrought iron, then steel-faced wrought iron, ...

The news has been spread in many ways throughout the years, but perhaps Peter Thomson, the Lafayette pioneer blacksmith, had one of the more unusual ways of telling his community what was happening.

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 — ...

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 ...

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