If you ever wanted to learn about blacksmithing, Samuel Dembitsky is your man. “If you want to know something, start asking questions,” the tall elderly man with a burly mustache quipped. “And if I ...

Photo by Peter Cihelka /The Free Lance-Star via AP Justin Jennings fashions a chef's knife at Black Horse Forge in Stafford County, Va. FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Steve Hotz found his groove in ...

René Petitjean, artist and instructor in the artist blacksmith program at Fleming College Haliburton School of Art and Design, said he has seen a growing interest in blacksmithing. “There is a big ...

Guest artist blacksmith and instructor Ellen Durkan works on a piece Tuesday during a four-day workshop at Crooked Path Forge in Gainesville. Crooked Path Forge, a blacksmith school tucked away in a ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X John Frank recalls how his grandfather and father used to do their own blacksmithing out of ...

In a cold, old barn at the O’Keefe Ranch in Armstrong, Patrick McIvor is hard at work. “Warming up a piece of material that I’m turning into tongs,” said McIvor. An anvil rings out as McIvor hammers ...