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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, Arkansas (KTAL/KMSS) — Skills that are uncommon in modern society can still be useful. You can learn one of these skills from the blacksmith at the Historic Washington State Park‘s ...

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 ...

Photo by Peter Cihelka /The Free Lance-Star via AP Justin Jennings fashions a chef's knife at Black Horse Forge in Stafford County, Va. FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Steve Hotz found his groove in ...

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 ...

Blacksmithing is one of humanity’s oldest crafts, and it has shaped agricultural development for centuries. Long before modern machinery arrived, the blacksmith’s forge supplied the tools that made ...

Flurries of sparks and intense heat don’t seem to faze the blacksmith apprentices of Lizama’s Forge. Each one looks calm as they focus on their tasks. Sean Lizama, the son of master blacksmith Frank ...

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 ...