This video demonstrates the step by step process of forging Poz tongs, focusing on material selection, controlled hammering, ...

This video shows how to build a pair of bolt tongs designed for secure grip and everyday forging work. The techniques are inspired by the work of Toby Hickman and adapted for practical shop use. The ...

John Gruber, The Surly Anvil, demonstrating a gauntlet build. The ringing sound of hammers on steel echoed through the valley at the Smith Mill Works, a small business community in West Asheville. The ...

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, ...

Christopher Daniel’s Blue Hell Studio doesn’t look like the medieval blacksmithing shops of yore. But at this Roselawn warehouse, you’ll still find anvils, quenching barrels, and all the well-worn ...

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 ...

Regular readers will recognise this as the third part of a series exploring blacksmithing for those who have perhaps always fancied having a go but have never quite known where to start. It’s written ...