Many medieval and fantasy open-world games incorporate blacksmithing or crafting in one form or another, although this is often done in a menu. Some games, however, have more of an emphasis on ...

People love it when video games emulate real-life jobs or practices. Especially when they cut out all of the hassle and waiting of those jobs and deliver immediate and satisfying results. Few jobs ...

July 21, 2025 at 7:15 a.m. EDT44 minutes ago Beatrix Lockwood spoke to Caitlin Morris. Illustrations by Maya Scarpa for The Washington Post. Caitlin Morris is the owner of Ms. Caitlin’s School of ...

AVON, Minn. (AP) — Hot coals, molten iron and the clang of metal on metal. This is therapy, blacksmith-style. Ken and MaryLou Zitur have owned Ken’s Custom Iron since 1988, creating ironwork and metal ...

For the past few months we’ve been running this series of Blacksmithing For The Uninitiated posts, exploring the art of forge work for a novice. It’s based upon my experience growing up around a ...

Taking on a new skill can be intimidating, exciting and healing. Marshall Decker can attest to that. He’s spent the last six years teaching himself how to be a blacksmith and all of that hard work has ...

Regular readers will recognise this as the third part of a series exploring blacksmithing for those who have perhaps always fancied having a go but have never quite known where to start. It’s written ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gulf Coast Blacksmith Association president Jared Kattengell of New Orleans works in his shop, heating and hammering metal.

Southern California, it may be factually stated, is a sizable region where all residents are into a little bit of something. This means that if you want to pick up some crochet tips, or learn how to ...

For many, mention the word “blacksmith” and the image conjures up a big burly man wearing a gritty blackened leather apron swinging a big hammer at a red hot piece of steel. He’s the guy in Henry ...