WALTHAM - A Massachusetts blacksmith is doing something unique with old weapons, melting down guns taken off the streets and turning them into garden tools. "Move metal is what blacksmiths say," said ...

In a dark, cavernous room near the Port of Oakland's massive cranes and shipping terminals, John Colle Rogers was bent over, sorting through a big box of old guns and gun parts, illuminated by a ...

If you ever wanted to learn about blacksmithing, Samuel Dembitsky is your man. “If you want to know something, start asking questions,” the tall elderly man with a burly mustache quipped. “And if I ...

Blacksmith Seth Pauley remembers the first time he felt the magic of his craft. He was making a gardening trowel, and he struck the steel with his hammer just right. “It felt like hitting a piece of ...

Made of iron by men of iron -- The Shelburne Museum's Blacksmith and Wheelwright Shop -- Iron and steel -- from 1500 B.C. to modern times -- The iron and steel industry in America -- The passing of ...

WALTHAM — Blacksmith John Hayden fires up the forge, stokes the coals, and heats the rifle barrel of a disabled Remington Sportsman 58 shotgun until it glows the color of “Orange Crush.” Then he ...

Alder Hardt pulled a glowing yellow rod from his forge, laid it on an anvil and hammered a U-shaped bend into one end. When the steel rod was cool, Hardt reheated it, then clamped it in a vise.

Blacksmithing is an ancient trade that, like other crafts, saw a downturn during the Industrial Revolution, when machines took over jobs that... Adam's Forge is a dark, high-ceilinged warehouse space ...

Hobby crafts are growing in popularity. Sometimes they include anvils and fire. By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from Brookfield and Wolcott, Conn. The amateur blacksmiths were hard at work: heating ...