Abbott of Richmond and fellow "Forged in Fire" champions Matthew Parkinson of Hartford, Conn., Burt Foster of Bristol, Va. and Brent Stubblefield of Richmond, Va. made two blades to raffle off.

Pieces of red-hot steel were shaped into close to 200 useful or decorative items Saturday as area blacksmiths gathered for the annual Hammer-In event at Laughlintown’s Compass Inn Museum.

WARNING! This article contains MAJOR spoilers for House of the Dragon season 2, episode 5 and George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood book, on which the show is based. Hugh Hammer, a smith in House of ...

Hammer away at a piece of iron until your arm feels like lead. Grasp a length of red-hot metal that could be fresh from Mount Etna. Stand at a fiery forge and shed sweat by the gallon. Who wouldn&#… ...

Its power hammers and anvils are still going strong. Updated: Apr. 08, 2023, 1:01 p.m. ... And Hephaestus, the Greek god of fire and a blacksmith by trade, ...

Placing a piece of steel in the fire and waiting until it got red hot — then using a hammer to beat and shape it was empowering." Two days with a Louisiana blacksmith. Here's what I learned ...