Pat Downing has perhaps the rarest job in all of San Diego: a blacksmith. The Clairemont resident and San Diego native works part time as a traditional blacksmith in Old Town. The other hours are ...
“Forge and Anvil: Blacksmithing” showcases a traditional blacksmithing event featuring Jymm from Hoffman’s Forge, taking ...
Robert Galbraith from Downpatrick opened Watershed Forge in October 2021. The former engineer left his previous industry to participate in the NI Heritage Skills Programme, now the All-Ireland ...
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 ...
“Some experienced blacksmiths of the province have been invited to set up training workshops is the first step to revive this field of handicrafts,” a local tourism official explained on Sunday. “In ...
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — Scott Wadsworth has been fascinated by blacksmiths since he was 12 years old, when he kept running across descriptions of them in the Western books he enjoyed. He was camping the ...
Retired civil servant Ahmad Abdullah, 71, displays his collection of traditional and modern weapons, which he still keeps ...
The Nung An ethnic people in Phuc Sen Commune, Quang Uyen District in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang are famous for their traditional blacksmith craft. The Nung An ethnic people in Phuc ...
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 ...
A golok with a bird-shaped hilt clutching a nut is more than retired civil servant Ahmad Abdullah’s most treasured possession.It symbolises the ...