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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Anvils have been around since ancient times. Basically, anvils are used to forge and shape metal. The first anvils were made of stone, then bronze, then wrought iron, then steel-faced wrought iron, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. An anvil is a big steel workbench, where blacksmiths do most of their forging work - that’s when you hit the hot steel with the hammer ...

PORT TOWNSEND — After working as a blacksmith most of his life, Jim Garrett found it natural to forge ahead as an anvil manufacturer in 2007. After all, he pounds out and shapes metal for a living ...

The blacksmith was once top dog in rural England. Working with the alchemy of iron and fire, he had a slightly sinister reputation, as the sparks and flames in his forge created a miniature version of ...

A BLACKSMITH who made an item for Buckingham Palace has had his anvil, weighing over a tonne, stolen from his front lawn. Roy Green, 78, from Nottingham, made weather vanes for the palace in the 1970s ...

Only 100 or so blacksmiths still make full-time livings from their craft. Rosita Boland visits one of them in his workshop in Co Tipperary. Ablacksmith is one of those slightly mysterious craftsmen ...

I first caught wind of Pirozhok Studio and HeroCraft’s Anvil Saga about a month ago when a press release showed up in my inbox. The pitch was simple: play as a blacksmith during the Hundred Year War ...