MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Frank McKinney, a blacksmith and American history buff in Alberton, spends much of his time in his garage. There, he has a collection of forges — the furnaces where blacksmiths ...

GRAPEVINE -- A pile of coal burns at 15,000 degrees in Jim White's workshop. Using tongs, White carefully places a crayon-size steel rod into the core of the fire and, in about a minute, the metal ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — A Southeast Texas blacksmith is demonstrating a centuries-old craft at the Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum, showing visitors how metalworkers shaped tools essential to the ...

Three men inside Cooper's Blacksmith Shop at Fifth Street and Broadway in Vancouver interrupt their work to pose for a photo. From left to right: owner M.J. Cooper, J.E. Johnson and Heckman (first ...

Blacksmithing is not just a skill, but an art. Some would say a dying art. This trade has been passed down century after century with unique traditions burned into each artist's methods, making each ...

ROLLAG, Minn. – Kerwin Lund has been blacksmithing for 30 years, and he's been a Civil War 7th Cavalry re-enactor for 15 years. But it wasn't until four years ago that the Hazen, N.D., man decided ...

Jedaiah "JD" Hungerford has always been good with his hands. His skill and patience helped lead him to a win recently in a nationally televised competition on the History Channel. Hungerford, who owns ...