A look inside the workshop as a new oiler is installed and a simple block of metal is transformed into a forged snowman.

Beginner-friendly guide to starting blacksmithing with simple projects. Covers basic tools, techniques, and approachable builds to develop foundational skills.

There he was, fresh out of graduate school, with no income for materials, set up in a garage on the former family estate at the Redding border, surrounded by heirloom tools that his grandfather ...