David Gibbons didn’t really set out to be a blacksmith, let alone a teacher of the arcane art, when he first started ...

COLUMBIA — On a Saturday in April, David Bush was working over a portable coal-fired forge outside the Olympia Mill Village Museum. The coals burned hot. Orange, yellow and blue flames licked towards ...

While modern technology offers improvements — such as gas-powered forges, pneumatic hammers, and advances in metallurgy — Luark prefers to use the old-fashioned techniques and tools of traditional ...

A visit to Victor Odom’s vintage blacksmith shop on Main Street in North is like stepping back in time. The third-generation blacksmith’s shop is dimly lit and equipped with the tools of the trade, ...