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Forging tools for camping trips

A blacksmith demonstrates how to forge practical tools for camping, highlighting durability, craftsmanship, and functionality for outdoor adventures.
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 ...
Sometimes the simplest tools are the most satisfying to make. In this video, I forge a classic steel shoehorn - focusing on ...
HANOVER – Ray Larsen was in his mid-30s, an award-winning journalist who had shared a Pulitzer Prize, when he spotted the object that changed his life. A forge in a friend’s yard sparked a midlife ...
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 ...
Blacksmiths in Colorado use their anvils to turn guns into gardening tools, reshaping America’s gun culture one strike of the hammer at a time. This is the work of the “Swords to Plows” initiative of ...
Kennametal milling cutters bust through forging scale to reduce tooling costs by half and triple productivity. With Kennametal milling cutters, Premium Frac Pumps can achieve 80 to 100 cu-in. per ...
He started blacksmithing a couple of years ago to make decorative steel frames for the intricate, multi-layered silhouette ‘‘pictures'' he makes by cutting out his hand-drawn designs from plate steel ...