A blacksmith’s shop is always evolving, and today I focus on both upgrades and forging. I finish out the interior sheathing of the shop, then move on to building a storage system for power hammer dies ...

Blacksmiths were the high technologists of fabrication up until the industrial revolution gained momentum. At its core, this is the art and science of making any needed tool or mechanism out of metal.

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