The Home Blacksmith America's Test Kitchen of day-to-day living

of day-to-day living

From hand-forged axes of the Viking conquests to the American homesteader’s felling axe

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contribute an estimated $235 to $577 billion to the US economy annually

The Home Blacksmith America's Test Kitchen of day-to-day livingAs more and more people join the do it yourself revolution, they are breathing new life into many time honored skills and crafts. Blacksmithing is among the trades enjoying a resurgence for practical and artistic uses. Yet, there is not an abundance of readily accessible information available to beginning blacksmiths to help them get started and understand the craft. Author Ryan Ridgway, a veterinarian and blacksmith with more than 15 years of