Archaeologists in Oxfordshire found the ruins of a 2,500-year-old site for “high-end” iron working and many related artifacts, photos show. Photo from DigVentures Thousands of years ago, a highly ...

The anvil is a 114-pound chunk of iron, heavily scarred from hundreds of hammer strikes against red-hot metal pieces over the years. In the corner, a modest furnace is filled with charred coals. The ...

When Jack Wert first tried blacksmithing as a boy, his reason was simple. “I wanted to make stuff,” said Wert of Sinking Spring. Now 19, Wert has five years experience in the trade and has made both ...

TUPPER LAKE — On a rainy Saturday, a group of men in sooty, work-worn hoodies and jeans stood around a forge, talking about tools. It’s a select group united by their common love of an ancient craft: ...

Blacksmithing is indeed an ancient art, with references to the trade in writings as far back as ancient Greece and Egypt, and on throughout history. But while not too many people would be acquainted ...

CARBONDALE — For most people, the word “blacksmith” brings up thoughts of someone in the pioneer days making nails or shoeing a horse. Yet, for Tom Ward, MFA student at Southern Illinois University ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of years ago, a highly skilled blacksmith hammered away in a workshop, forging iron into swords, wheels or other complex ...

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 ...