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 ...

But, Briggs says, the old-time blacksmith who makes a full-time living creating things from scratch is harder to find. For McNally, it was simply a matter of time and finding the right mentor, Tom ...

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 ...

While modern technology offers improvements — such as gas-powered forges, pneumatic hammers, and advances in metallurgy — Luark prefers to use the old-fashioned techniques and tools of traditional ...

Built about a year after the original Hoover blacksmith shop in West Branch, this old barn on the Lloyd Henderson farm north of West Branch was dismantled to provide much of the material for ...

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NEW CASTLE ” An old-time blacksmith shop is planned as a new addition to the New Castle Historical Museum next year, featuring donated items that came from a former local blacksmith. That is just one ...