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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 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, ...

When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything in the world looks like a nail. Unless you’re a blacksmith, that is. Under the hammers of the would-be smiths who stopped by David Kailey’s ...

The rhythmic clang of the hammer has been Hanuman Singh’s constant companion for 40 years. Hanuman spends his days transforming sheets of metals into various tools. Hundreds of dusty metal tubs are ...

In a cold, old barn at the O’Keefe Ranch in Armstrong, Patrick McIvor is hard at work. “Warming up a piece of material that I’m turning into tongs,” said McIvor. An anvil rings out as McIvor hammers ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Grafton. Followed categories will be added to My News. The handles were the theme for the annual weekend of forging that has been hosted in Grafton for the past ...