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The Old Forge, new life

An old forge is brought back into use, highlighting restoration, craftsmanship, and the continued tradition of blacksmithing.
ALBANY COUNTY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The art of blacksmithing dates back hundreds of years and involves hours of hard work in some very hot conditions. To learn more about the trade, just head over to the ...
If you ever wanted to learn about blacksmithing, Samuel Dembitsky is your man. “If you want to know something, start asking questions,” the tall elderly man with a burly mustache quipped. “And if I ...
The Old Forge in Camolin is a properly historic holiday home for Wexford-loving Dubs seeking a weekend getaway ...
A non-profit in Lake Luzerne that is one of the few places to learn the centuries-old blacksmithing trade celebrated a long-awaited expansion Wednesday. The Adirondack Folk School has been preserving ...
The set-up looks old-school – a furnace, anvil and two blacksmiths hammering in tandem to coax a hot steel rod into a pair of tongs. But for Adam’s Forge in Los Angeles’ Glassell Park neighborhood, ...
EDEN, Utah (AP) — For three-quarters of a century, the ringing sound of hammer on anvil reverberated through the turn-of-the-century blacksmith shop in Ogden Valley. And then, the forge fell silent.
May the forge be with blacksmith Roger Chudzik. He’s keeping an anachronistic trade alive in an era of mass production, working the iron at his shop in an old mill complex in Dorchester. His is not ...
STURBRIDGE – Can a little act of kindness have a big impact on someone’s life? For Marybeth Mitcham and her son, Will Mitcham, the answer is yes. And it can happen where you least expect it … even in ...
HARTSVILLE — Three things — a fire, a fashion and a fondness — account for the final change of Raymond A. Whitney's career from horseshoes to automobiles and back to horseshoes. Brought up by his ...
Alder Hardt pulled a glowing yellow rod from his forge, laid it on an anvil and hammered a U-shaped bend into one end. When the steel rod was cool, Hardt reheated it, then clamped it in a vise.