I expect to use that bottle opener for years to come. It is a thing of beauty. Weeks later, blacksmithing is still with me. Shaping metal, hammering out imperfections and watching raw material ...

who has been a blacksmith her entire life. Based in Vacaville, the duo enjoys participating in fairs as part of their full-time work, crafting handmade items like bottle openers and hair sticks.

Hidden within their presents' wrappings they found objects of steel forged by blacksmiths based in Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina. Knives and bottle openers — some with their names ...

His home blacksmithing shop is a practical mix ... twisting the hot steel to create the desired pattern. He shapes the bottle openers further on a cast-iron anvil that weighs more than 200 pounds ...

In practical terms, he's a blacksmith, a maker of candle stands, knives, hinges, thumb latches, bottle openers, hearth tools, corkscrews, garden gates — rustic, functional, instant antiques, things ...

Ben Perkins is forging a reputation as an up-and-coming blacksmith after asking for ... but the most popular has been a whale-shaped bottle opener he created using scrap metal.

He decided to try and new hobby and began teaching himself about blacksmithing. He made hunting knives for his friends, tools and bottle opener keychains. "I think that it gave me something to ...