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.

Heating, hammering, bending and shaping allows Steve LaPaugh to explore endless possibilities in blacksmithing. The old art of hammer and anvil has taken on new life behind his Denbigh home. “My ...

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 ...

EDEN, Utah (AP) — For three-quarters of a century, the ringing sound of hammer on anvil reverberated through the turn-of-the-century blacksmith shop in Ogden Valley. And then, the forge fell silent.

Pittsfield resident Larry Rotti was excavating a field in New Lebanon, N.Y., seven years ago when he heard a loud thunk. The bucket on his tractor had struck an object sticking out of the ground. The ...

After years of putting vehicles and heavy equipment through extreme durability tests, this time the challenge is something much older - a 275-pound blacksmith anvil from 1865. With no clear answers ...

No doubt many readers have at times wished to try their hand at blacksmithing, but it’s fair to say that acquiring an anvil represents quite the hurdle. For anyone not knowing where to turn there’s a ...