PONTIAC — Decatur’s Scott Davidson said he spends his Thursdays working his forge at home with two of his sons, 15-year-old Brennan and 16-year-old Samuel. The family forging party trekked out Friday ...

Eric Laughton of Mt. Airy, left, opens up some space in his jingle bell while others work at their forges during the Jingle Bell Blacksmithing class at the Carroll County Farm Museum on Saturday, ...

In his Armada garage, Eric Hemker wears a full face shield, a baseball cap and noise-cancelling headphones blasting anything from screamo heavy-metal music to Frank Sinatra. He used to just spend time ...

LA GRANDE — In the early history of every progressive community, there was a blacksmith, whose skills were in such high demand that it ranked right up there with lumber milling, flour milling and ...

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 ...

It was only 2 degrees outside, but as I gripped the tongs, trying to hammer the glowing piece of steel clamped in its jaws, my leather glove began to smoke. I dropped the tongs with a yelp, and the ...