A block of steel is heated, shaped, and hardened into a classic ball peen hammer using traditional blacksmithing techniques.

A heavy steel blank is repeatedly heated and drawn out into the long, curved profile of a traditional scythe. The difficult forging process must create a blade thin enough to cut grass efficiently ...

The art of forging dates to at least 4000BC and probably earlier. Metals such as bronze and wrought iron were forged by early man to produce hand toots and weapons of war. Forging of wrought iron and ...