The anvil is a 114-pound chunk of iron, heavily scarred from hundreds of hammer strikes against red-hot metal pieces over the years. In the corner, a modest furnace is filled with charred coals. The ...
With a resounding CLANG, Dave Kauffman brings the hammer down on the magma-red steel, showering the area around his anvil with glowing, 2,000-degree sparks. Kauffman is a blacksmith, and showing ...
ATHENS, Alabama -- Al Stephens has a hard time keeping his hands still. Most days, he puts them to work in the blacksmith shop behind his house here in rural northern Alabama, practicing an ancient ...