I checked the date and it was almost exactly a year ago when I went to the coal mine for a load.  When I’m running low I tell Betty and s...

Well, it’s too hot to forge again and I have been really busy with other things so there hans’t been much to post.  I am about to start as...

Almost every smith will say that from time to time a visitor will announce, “My grandfather was a blacksmith.”  Eventually, that event wi...

Even if we are familiar with the language we are often not precise in picking our descriptive words. A groove is a long, narrow indentation...

When I’m working on a sculpture project it seems to help me if I imagine some story or theme related to the ironwork.  In this case, a del...

It’s not uncommon to come across photographs of smiths standing beside their anvil.  However it is unusual to find a painting of the same...

This morning I came across some YouTube videos I thinks most blacksmiths will enjoy.  The are part of a series of films made to docu...