In her first blacksmithing class, Caitlin Morris was the smallest person in the forge — and the only woman. She expected that ...

The constant companion to a blacksmith’s hammer is a pair of tongs. These can be bought from blacksmith’s suppliers, ... but depending on the work in hand there may be some sparks created.

Watch raw steel come alive as fire, hammer, and precision shape it into a timeless blacksmith’s knife - built to work, built to last.

A hammer rattles against a piece of hot iron as blacksmith Randy Dack turns the iron into a tool for a customer to use. Dack considers himself a utilitarian blacksmith. “I like my iron to be ...

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 see… ...

Ex-blacksmith hammers home green message. By Joe Vaccerello, CNN. Keeping up with 'green' standards. ... Started out by hammering everything by hand," Chouinard said as he gripped the dusty metal.

Around 60 are full-timers, Nelson said. He’s one of them, and has been for 35 years. Nelson got his start in blacksmithing at age 19 when he enrolled in the farrier program at an Olympia trade ...

Darla Selander is a 57-year-old woman blacksmith. ... Compared to a regular hammer, it feels like a barbell in your hand. But Darla says she can swing this one all day.

Blacksmiths work by heating pieces of wrought iron or steel until the metal becomes soft enough for shaping with hand tools, such as a hammer, an anvil and a chisel.

Alexander Carlson, 16, left, gets a helping hand from his dad, Clayton Carlson , as the pair participate in the Columbia Fire and Iron hammer-in blacksmith event, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, at Morgan ...