By age 23, Emma MacTaggart was already noticing how rare her free time was — and how it was seldom screen-free. She was ...

Blacksmithing was an essential trade during the canal era for producing and repairing iron goods. Class participants get hands-on education by making an S-hook and a fireplace poker. COSHOCTON − Briar ...

This was the 2025 Fire on the Mountain festival, an annual celebration of the art of blacksmithing. Standing under one of the tents was Scotty Utz, a blacksmith with the organization RAWtools ...

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The Analogs is stories about people who make things by hand — and what those things tell us about those people.

MEADVILLE, Pa. - For 140 years, the steady clank of steel and the grip of freshly forged pliers have defined Channellock, the ...

After multiple smelts that produced iron too brittle to forge, he rebuilds the process around an Aristotle furnace to reconsolidate scraps into a more workable bloom. Even then, much of it still ...

Courtesy photo / Dave Petit works some metal on his anvil. Dave Petit describes his innate curiosity as “a dog with a bone” when he discovers a new research fixation, whether it be Civil War ...

A study of elaborate 2,900-year-old carvings in stone monuments found in Portugal has revealed a rather amazing fact. It seems these Late Bronze Age engravings could only have been made with hardened ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. When writing headlines for stories about human evolution, ...

Japanese swordsmiths — the artificers responsible for crafting samurai swords — are about as legendary as blacksmiths come. And while the warrior class has faded into history, their techniques persist ...

Blacksmithing doesn’t have to be expensive! Learn how to forge effectively using low-cost tools, budget materials, and simple setups that still deliver pro results. About 90 ships cross the Strait of ...