Anvils have been around since ancient times. Basically, anvils are used to forge and shape metal. The first anvils were made of stone, then bronze, then wrought iron, then steel-faced wrought iron, ...

In this video, I transform an old sledgehammer from a flea market find into a new blacksmithing tool for my workshop. The project involves forging a stake anvil using one half of the sledgehammer, ...

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PORT TOWNSEND — After working as a blacksmith most of his life, Jim Garrett found it natural to forge ahead as an anvil manufacturer in 2007. After all, he pounds out and shapes metal for a living ...

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.

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 ...

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Archie Matthews spends most of his time working in an office. But his hands are scarred and blistered like somebody who prefers manual labor over pushing paper. That's because once he's done with his ...