Blacksmithing is one of humanity’s oldest crafts, and it has shaped agricultural development for centuries. Long before modern machinery arrived, the blacksmith’s forge supplied the tools that made ...

A town blacksmith wouldn’t be out of place a century ago. Today, Ross Willis remains one of the few with the help of his son.

In this video, I demonstrate how I set up a small blacksmith shop to make my own knives and tools at a lower cost. I constructed a small forge using firebrick and a propane torch, and with a few ...