Up in Plainfield Township, in a building that used to be home to 2,000 chickens, Tom Turtzo hammers away at his life’s passion, blacksmithing. It’s the art and craft of making metal bend to the will, ...

This section of the industry may be classified as jobbing with quantities generally small varying from one off to perhaps 100 off. Tooling for producing open die work may consist of flat or shaped ...

This video explores forging an organic metal shape using only a hammer. It shows how controlled strikes and heat manipulation guide the steel’s movement. No specialty tools are used beyond the basics.