Visiting Canistear Reservoir today, a few miles south of Highland Lakes, the only sound you hear is the nearby whish of cars on Canistear Road. The sound of waves lapping the shoreline of the ...

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, ...

There is a ritual and subtle rhythm to Michael Murphy’s every movement as a blacksmith — in his 1800s style workspace at the Tallahassee Museum, he dances between the anvil and the bellows with tongs ...

Like the Temple of Hephaestus perched on the outskirts of Athens, the slightly less-ancient Blacksmith of Trenton shop sits in a remote corner of the city, well away from the State House and the rest ...

A look at upgrading an anvil setup in the forge, improving workflow, stability, and efficiency for traditional blacksmithing projects.