It is an incredible amount of work to forge a pair of fireplace tongs. Like, this blacksmith should be awarded with a medal that lets everyone know that they should pat him on the back. Like he should ...

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 ...

One of the participants starts work on making a hook from steel. Image: (C) Tim Sandle One of the participants starts work on making a hook from steel. Image: (C) Tim Sandle How often do you take up ...

In this video, I forge a sturdy pair of bolt tongs—a must-have tool for holding round or square stock securely at the forge. I walk through each stage of the build, from drawing out the reins to ...

With a large group gathered around him, blacksmith Peter Ross carefully forges two pieces of iron together into what will become a pair of blacksmith’s tongs. As he works, he takes questions from his ...

Watch the process of forging durable barbecue tongs from raw steel. A hands-on metalworking project designed for grilling ...

Put down those protest banners, girls – women are officially liberated. A group of Melbourne women are forging a path in blacksmithing. And with its anvils, coke fires and power hammers, there may not ...

As he has nearly every day for most of his 78 years, Carl Uebner still comes to work in the blacksmith shop his stepfather founded on Vallejo”s Broadway Street (then 205 Napa Road) in 1915, though he ...