Blacksmith Anthony Tratnyek uses bellows to stoke a fire in the hearth Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in the re-creation of the 1750 blacksmith shop in the Colonial Industrial Quarter in Bethlehem. The ...
HANCOCK — Patrick O'Donnell earns a living using 21st-century technology, but has forged a passion for 19th-century metalworking. The Pittsfield resident, an instructor at Berkshire Community College, ...
FREETOWN — Dink, dink, dink. Dink, dink, dink. Dink, dink, dink. Anyone who’s ever watched a blacksmith lay a piece of hot iron on a big anvil and slowly hammer the glowing metal into something useful ...