Scott Sweder hammers a blade into shape at his Columbia Falls forge, Iron Bear Knife and Forge, Jan. 2. Sweder will compete in the History Channel’s “Forged in Fire,” to air Jan. 8. (Mackenzie Reiss ...

May the forge be with blacksmith Roger Chudzik. He’s keeping an anachronistic trade alive in an era of mass production, working the iron at his shop in an old mill complex in Dorchester. His is not ...

No doubt many readers have at times wished to try their hand at blacksmithing, but it’s fair to say that acquiring an anvil represents quite the hurdle. For anyone not knowing where to turn there’s a ...

At Black Bear Forge, traditional blacksmithing meets modern craftsmanship to create a durable, hand-forged gardening tool. Father and son gunmen kill at least 15 people in attack on Hanukkah event at ...