In this video, I transform an old sledgehammer from a flea market find into a new blacksmithing tool for my workshop. The project involves forging a stake anvil using one half of the sledgehammer, ...

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For the past few months we’ve been running this series of Blacksmithing For The Uninitiated posts, exploring the art of forge work for a novice. It’s based upon my experience growing up around a ...

PORT TOWNSEND — After working as a blacksmith most of his life, Jim Garrett found it natural to forge ahead as an anvil manufacturer in 2007. After all, he pounds out and shapes metal for a living ...

This build forges a Viking style two piece anvil set, a stake anvil and a horn, to replace makeshift rocks and unlock proper blacksmithing in the series. After finishing and mounting the anvils, the ...

No doubt many readers have at times wished to try their hand at blacksmithing, but it’s fair to say that acquiring an anvil represents quite the hurdle. For anyone not knowing where to turn there’s a ...

Anvils have been around since ancient times. Basically, anvils are used to forge and shape metal. The first anvils were made of stone, then bronze, then wrought iron, then steel-faced wrought iron, ...

Darren Morawitz is reviving the ancient trade of blacksmithing in his garage, blending art with history in Salina.