A blacksmith’s anvil is the heart of the workshop—and this one weighs 400 pounds. In this video we mount and position the anvil to create a stable forging setup. Proper installation makes a huge ...

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 — ...

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Heating, hammering, bending and shaping allows Steve LaPaugh to explore endless possibilities in blacksmithing. The old art of hammer and anvil has taken on new life behind his Denbigh home. “My ...

The news has been spread in many ways throughout the years, but perhaps Peter Thomson, the Lafayette pioneer blacksmith, had one of the more unusual ways of telling his community what was happening.