FLORA — Blacksmiths, young or old, beginners or otherwise, are encouraged to compete in a competition at Flora School Days. This year the contestants will make replicas of 18th century gate hinges.

Every passion starts with a flame - and Nic Overton's passion for blacksmithing has been burning since he was 12 years old. “I went to a campout in 2008 through a program through my church, and there ...

The West Texas Ranch Rodeo and World Championship Blacksmith Competition officially commenced with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at the Tri-State Fairgrounds' Vance Reed ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Chris Goodson has only been a blacksmith for five years, and he can already say he's the best in the country. The Ruston teen is known as the blacksmith around Lincoln and Union ...

FITCHBURG — The ancient art of blacksmithing will be displayed in the city once again this weekend at the 12th annual Blacksmith Art & Music Festival at Riverfront Park. Novice, intermediate and ...

The espresso machine keeps snorting out shot after shot of high-octane caffeine. David Buehrer keeps fetching the black gold; hours and hours' worth, cup after cup of full-tilt java. And still he ...

Chico >> Forges, fire, anvils and the Chico Blacksmith Association are closer to having a home at the Patrick Ranch Museum. Tom Dauterman, the founder of Thomas Welding and Machine in Chico, is ...

TACOMA — It’s a sound that’s echoed through the centuries since antiquity. It’s the sound Vulcan made at his forge under Mount Etna. It’s the sound memorialized in Longfellow’s “The Village Blacksmith ...

In the heat of the final round of the competition, 19-year-old blacksmith Jayden Simisky kept his cool. The task at hand was to create an elephant tusk sword — a massive weapon that, prior to its ...

Brandon blacksmith Lyle Wynn is one of four competitors on the History Channel's "Forged in Fire," bringing an edge he's spent 18 years perfecting. The show featuring Wynn, a Craftsmen's Guild of ...