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Forging tools from a garage door spring

Blacksmithing process transforming a garage door spring into useful tools. Shows heating, cutting, and shaping steel into ...
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Forging a diamond-shape splitting axe from scratch!

Watch as I forge a custom splitting axe from a C45 steel billet, creating a diamond-shaped profile inspired by my favorite Hulbrook axe. From punching the eye to crafting special forging tools, see ...
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Forging a future – Blacksmithing nonprofit aims to help veterans

Photo by Peter Cihelka /The Free Lance-Star via AP Justin Jennings fashions a chef's knife at Black Horse Forge in Stafford County, Va. FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Steve Hotz found his groove in ...
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Montana blacksmith passes on tools of the trade

MISSOULA, Mont. — 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 heat ...
Willamette Week

Red Pig Garden Tools Is the Longest-Running U.S. Blacksmith Specializing in Hand-Forged Garden Tools

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 ...