When you think of a blacksmith, you probably think back to colonial times, a rugged, Founding Father-type with rolled-up sleeves, hammering away on an anvil. But the art form is alive and well today, ...
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 ...
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 ...
One of the biggest challenges facing the aspiring blacksmith is procuring the tools of the trade. And that means tackling the unenviable task of finding a decent anvil. Sure, one can buy an ASO — ...
With a resounding CLANG, Dave Kauffman brings the hammer down on the magma-red steel, showering the area around his anvil with glowing, 2,000-degree sparks. Kauffman is a blacksmith, and showing ...
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Blacksmith’s anvil makeover: Rust be gone!
Join me on my blacksmithing journey as I restore a rusty old anvil to its former glory. Learn how to clean, repair, and rejuvenate it, including my DIY rust remover recipe that makes the process ...
BELLINGHAM — CLANG, clink, clink, CLANG, clink, clink. The rhythmic sound of metal on metal reverberates off trees outlining the backyard of a house set back from Bellingham's Lake Street. A haze of ...
The mild smell of burning coal fills a warm workshop stocked with beefy equipment that dates from a century or three ago. John Latowski takes a blacksmith’s hammer and whacks at a glowing metal rod to ...
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