Out of the fire, a creation. Holding a small, flat piece of iron with a tool resembling barbecue tongs in his right hand, Paul Molinaro shoved the piece in a pile of red-hot charcoal. After a few ...

The Iron Age revolutionized Africa and forever altered human civilization practically and symbolically. Technologies of iron smelting and forging, which likely began on the African continent around ...

Virginia Artist-blacksmith Nol Putnam talks art, mythology and forging metal. Artist-blacksmith Nol Putnam employs centuries-old techniques to make art out of iron and steel. Over four decades, Nol ...

Archaeologists have been wowed by the early dates and the evidence, including the size of the tuyere An iron age workshop, where blacksmiths were forging metal about 2,700 years ago, has been ...

Jeffrey Funk forges a piece of steel atop an anvil inside his workshop at the New Agrarian School in Bigfork on Tuesday, Nov. 12. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Jeffrey Funk forges a piece of steel ...

Thousands of years ago, a highly skilled blacksmith hammered away in a workshop, forging iron into swords, wheels or other complex objects. The “master blacksmith” is long gone but, as archaeologists ...

A heart-shaped design is part of a tool created by Brian Delozier sits on top of a log. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — A Parkersburg blacksmith has a chance to win some money and an opportunity to be ...

In this video, I share my journey into blacksmithing by building a simple propane forge using fire bricks and plumbing ...