PITTSFIELD -- A hot forge is perhaps the last place you want to be on a Berkshire summer day. But blacksmith apprentice Spijk Selby and his teacher Jim Szalkucki don't seem to mind. They work well ...

Wood-fired forges burn cleaner than forges that require coal. I want to start blacksmithing. What’s the difference between wood-burning forges and coal-burning forges? And can you really get a ...

Indie game developer Floodgate Crew and publisher Awaken Realms have officially launched Blacksmith: Ignite The Forge this morning on Steam. If you haven't checked the game out yet, this is a mix of ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Many medieval and fantasy open-world games incorporate blacksmithing or crafting in one form or another, although this is often done in a menu. Some games, however, have more of an emphasis on ...

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 ...

The set-up looks old-school – a furnace, anvil and two blacksmiths hammering in tandem to coax a hot steel rod into a pair of tongs. But for Adam’s Forge in Los Angeles’ Glassell Park neighborhood, ...

GRAFTON -- Aaron Anderson decided to strike while the iron was hot. A seasoned blacksmith in Andover, he saw an advertisement the Windham Foundation placed in a newspaper to find a replacement for the ...

Jul. 21—SACKETS HARBOR — An 18th century traveling forge will make a stop at the Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site on Friday and Saturday. James A. (Jymm) Hoffman is returning to the ...