Build an easy medieval blacksmith base in Minecraft with this compact and functional design. Featuring a forge area, storage, and living space, it’s the perfect starter build for survival players who ...

Sometimes I find myself contemplating what my life would have looked like in another era. The glitz and glamor of the 1920s, the innovative years of the Enlightenment; as a historian by trade, it's ...

Learn the pineapple twist, a classic ornamental blacksmithing technique that adds texture, balance, and visual flair to forged work. This video walks through the setup, hammer control, and step by ...

What are the best medieval games? Rare is a videogame that doesn't feature at least one sword, suit of armor, or roast chicken. Still, they're usually mixed in with bearded hermits slinging magic ...

Fire, steel, and a steady hand can turn a common metal bar into something you want to stop and admire. Blacksmiths create objects that work hard first, and then surprise you with small moments of ...

When walking into a class in an unassuming building on Tucson's south side near 22nd Street and South Fourth Avenue, the first thing you might hear is the clanking of hammers. And the first things ...

This article originally appeared on The Croydon Edit. Ben Spicer (left) and Jim Collins, at Addington Forge. Until the advent of the car — and even for a while after it — the blacksmith was a fixture ...