MISSOULA, Mont. — Frank McKinney, a blacksmith and American history buff in Alberton, spends much of his time in his garage. There, he has a collection of forges — the furnaces where blacksmiths heat ...

Seamless sockets are a clever blacksmithing technique used in many traditional tools. In this video we forge a socket from ...

Blacksmithing begins with mastering your tools. In this guide, we forge a hammer completely by hand using traditional techniques. Watch how raw steel is shaped under the hammer into one of the most ...

Pastor and hobbyist blacksmith Joel Shenk transformed guns from the Lima Police Department into garden tools in Lima on Saturday. LIMA — The sound of a hammer striking metal in downtown Lima on ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Turning guns into garden tools is the goal behind Swords to Plowshares. One of the faces behind the initiative is a retired bishop who is traveling around the country and made ...

HANOVER – Ray Larsen was in his mid-30s, an award-winning journalist who had shared a Pulitzer Prize, when he spotted the object that changed his life. A forge in a friend’s yard sparked a midlife ...

MISSOULA (AP) — Frank McKinney, a blacksmith and American history buff in Alberton, spends much of his time in his garage. There, he has a collection of forges — the furnaces where blacksmiths heat ...