For most of human industrial history, the blacksmith was the indispensable artisan. He could fashion almost anything needed, from a simple hand tool to a mechanism as complex as a rifle. Starting with ...

There are several merchants in Minecraft Dungeons. They serve to provide players with items for a price. Each merchant must be rescued from a particular level before they will even show up in the camp ...

The blacksmith was the primary merchant in Minecraft Dungeons when it was initially released. Now, there are several different merchants, and the blacksmith plays different roles in Minecraft Dungeons ...

The anvil is a 114-pound chunk of iron, heavily scarred from hundreds of hammer strikes against red-hot metal pieces over the years. In the corner, a modest furnace is filled with charred coals. The ...

AMONG THE many interesting people in our little community are two blacksmiths. You may have noticed the work of Dutch Forge Blacksmiths in June at the Savage Fest. The father and son who make up the ...

Asked what it feels like to forge iron, Robert Thomas has to pause for a moment and compose himself before plunging into a description of what, for him, is as much a passion as a livelihood. "Forging ...

Hammers were swinging, metal was clinking, and the heat from various forges drew sweat from those muscling away at their craft Friday at the Nevada County Fairgrounds where various area blacksmiths ...

Francis Whitaker, a blacksmith who never shod a horse but who helped preserve the 3,000-year-old craft of molding iron and elevated it to the level of an art, has died at 92. Mr. Smith died Oct. 23 in ...

Modern day blacksmith crafts a bit of his own Milwaukee history Kent Knapp is modern-day blacksmith with a passion for the craft of the past and as a 34-year-old, he makes his living bending and ...