Ken Kurtz cranks a blower as its gears scream, stoking flames in the blacksmith’s forge, the center of the coals reaching more than 2,000 degrees. He removes a piece of metal from its resting place in ...

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- So, this summer getting too hot for you? Try being a blacksmith -- not because you have to because it's your job, but because it's fun. Members of the Chesapeake Forge ...

Despite the early morning drizzle, three members of the Tidewater Blacksmiths Guild pounded their anvils and shaped steel in front of Eastern Shore Chapel Episcopal Church on Dec. 7. For the fourth ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. ON FEB. 24 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. the Boothbay Railway Village will host an ...

The ancient art of blacksmithing is alive and well in Carroll County. The Blacksmith Guild of Central Maryland held a weekend-long class teaching students how to make jingle bells ahead of the holiday ...

COLUMBIA — On a Saturday in April, David Bush was working over a portable coal-fired forge outside the Olympia Mill Village Museum. The coals burned hot. Orange, yellow and blue flames licked towards ...

On a whim, I popped into the Central Virginia Blacksmith Guild 25th Anniversary Hammer-In. The three-day event took place at the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds March 10 - 12. I enjoyed the heck out ...

Fire and plumes of smoke ascended from the iron forge where George Matthews heated up the tip of a steel rod that rested in a mound of coals reaching temperatures above 3000 degrees. The blacksmith ...

The Max Carey Blacksmith Guild has a legacy of blacksmiths dating back to prominent blacksmith Orville (Pug) Carey, who had his blacksmith shop near the rail roadtracks at the foot of McDonald Street ...