Now in his retirement years, John Dittmeier has found a place to house his collections and his tools gathered from a career spent forging metal through the danger of extreme heat and the wear of human ...

The National Ornamental Metal Museum’s 'Taster' classes are meant to do just what the name implies: give folks a taste of ...

Perkins often works in a western style, but his work ranges far wider. He put these motorcycles together out of spare bits, bolts and pieces. (Photo: Aimee Blume / Special to The Courier & Press) ...

A journeyman blacksmith, Talon Cavender-Wilson melds traditional Scandinavian metal working skills with design and art from his Dakota roots and beyond. Talon Cavender-Wilson decided he wanted to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MOUNDS, Okla. (KFOR) – The roar of the forge ...

FREETOWN — Dink, dink, dink. Dink, dink, dink. Dink, dink, dink. Anyone who’s ever watched a blacksmith lay a piece of hot iron on a big anvil and slowly hammer the glowing metal into something useful ...

The constant clinking and clanking of the molten metal is annoying to most, but for some, it’s a joyful noise. One of those drawn to the noise is Dale Morse, a blacksmithing instructor and co-founder ...

Carbondale, COLORADO ” Who could have guessed that an inquisitive, young blacksmith working on a ranch 20 years ago for $6 an hour could have turned a molehill into a mountain? That is, a mountain of ...

Retired blacksmith John Dittmeier will give a lecture on blacksmithing at the Athens-Clarke County Library. He learned blacksmithing from Bill Gichner, a renowned blacksmith and tool collector. The ...