Blacksmiths or those looking to start in the skill and are searching for a portable blacksmith forge may be interested in a new Kickstarter project launched this week by Reptile Toolworks. The company ...

In this video, I demonstrate how I set up a small blacksmith shop to make my own knives and tools at a lower cost. I constructed a small forge using firebrick and a propane torch, and with a few ...

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.

Regular readers will recognise this as the third part of a series exploring blacksmithing for those who have perhaps always fancied having a go but have never quite known where to start. It’s written ...

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