When you think of a blacksmith, you probably think back to colonial times, a rugged, Founding Father-type with rolled-up sleeves, hammering away on an anvil. But the art form is alive and well today, ...

Ashes are burning hot as Ethan Choiniere and his blacksmiths work to make holiday-themed trinkets. The smiths keep the fire at the perfect temperature, at times glowing bright orange but never too hot ...

Ray Ginty of Madison didn't always know he wanted to be a blacksmith. In fact, as a child, he wasn't in-terested in history at all, and he hardly ever spent time wondering where nails and hinges came ...

SEVERNA PARK’S blacksmith shop, in Kinder Farm Park, stands beneath the branches of a spreading tree much like Longfellow’s village smithy of old. But in Kinder park, the tree is not a chestnut but a ...

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 ...

Jim Siebert doesn`t get upset easily-not even when a full-grown horse is startled by a cat and steps on his foot, breaking all his toes. ”It`s just a hazard of the job,” says Siebert in a nonchalant ...

The construction of a blacksmith shop was always one of the first buildings in any pioneer village. That's because all the other craftsmen depending on the tools the blacksmith made. Diamond Jim says ...

Starting today, Ponce de Leon's Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park will open a new working blacksmith exhibit. The exhibit, located on the south side of the Menendez Settlement field, will offer ...

James Anderson’s Blacksmith Shop in Colonial Williamsburg is a world of activity. With forges fired up, hammers hit away at metal, hand-held files grind down fine detail work and sunlight seeps ...