AVON — Hot coals, molten iron and the clang of metal on metal. This is therapy, blacksmith-style. Ken and MaryLou Zitur have owned Ken's Custom Iron since 1988, creating ironwork and metal fabrication ...

"Without a blacksmith, there would be nothing," says Pete Prydybasz of Knaurers, one of several members of the Pennsylvania Artist Blacksmith's Association at the 92nd Pennsylvania Farm Show. He ...

Victor Andersen hasn’t spent much time away from his anvil, forge and belt drive for 60 years. The century-old appliances are more than the tools of his trade. They are what give one of few remaining ...

There’s no real need for the skills of a blacksmith these days, but that doesn’t stop devotees of the art — and science — from gathering around the forge at the Freetown Historical Society on ...

He uses a gas-powered forge built by his friend and fellow blacksmith, Jim Bolinger, as a backup and to put finishing touches on his work. And while he uses the traditional blacksmithing method of ...

HART -- John and Callee Griswold couldn't go back in history. So, they are recreating it -- one sword, one shield and one crossbow at a time. It is laborious work, but the Griswolds, owners of Iron ...

A FEMALE blacksmith from Droitwich Spa is forging ahead in her career after being named as the Women’s World Blacksmithing Champion. Artist blacksmith Michelle J Parker, from Parkway, won the title at ...

A YOUNG North-East blacksmith has forged his way to success, coming second in a major international competition. Sam Pearce, 21, was part of a team that fought off over 100 sculptures to claim second ...

Tony Mardling is at that point, and said things are only now just starting to turn in favour of The Accidental Blacksmith. “It had been a week-to-week proposition, but just over the last couple of ...

Simon Hall, tenant blacksmith at the National Trust’s Branscombe Forge in Devon, has been crowned as both national British static and live forging champion for the second year running. His leafy ...