Blacksmiths were the high technologists of fabrication up until the industrial revolution gained momentum. At its core, this is the art and science of making any needed tool or mechanism out of metal.

Hammer away at a piece of iron until your arm feels like lead. Grasp a length of red-hot metal that could be fresh from Mount Etna. Stand at a fiery forge and shed sweat by the gallon. Who wouldn’t ...

Our lives are becoming more entangled with technology all the time. Smartphones, Alexa, social media. Robots glide silently through Amazon warehouses and apples roll down automated conveyor belts, ...

ABC12 visited Bavarian Blacksmith Experience -- where you become the blacksmith and get an authentic historic experience ...

"It Takes a Good Blacksmith to Forge Good Tools" This expression was used by Xi Jinping on November 15, 2012, while he was being interviewed by domestic and international journalists covering the 18th ...

2015-05-17T18:01:24-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/aba/20150517180307003_hd.jpgJohn Baronich demonstrated his reconstructed blacksmith forge on wheels, built ...