Like the Temple of Hephaestus perched on the outskirts of Athens, the slightly less-ancient Blacksmith of Trenton shop sits in a remote corner of the city, well away from the State House and the rest ...

Any way you look at it, blacksmithing is a punishing trade. Heavy tools, a red-hot forge, flying sparks, and searing metal all exact a toll on the smith’s body unless precautions are taken. After ...

Patrick Quinn found inspiration years ago when he saw some pictures of the historic power hammers inside the former Cambria Iron and Bethlehem Steel blacksmith shop. For generations, ...

Any way you look at it, blacksmithing is a punishing trade. Heavy tools, a red-hot forge, flying sparks, and searing metal all exact a toll on the smith’s body unless precautions are taken. After ...

Jeffrey Funk forges a piece of steel atop an anvil inside his workshop at the New Agrarian School in Bigfork on Tuesday, Nov. 12. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Jeffrey Funk forges a piece of steel ...