The Analogs is stories about people who make things by hand — and what those things tell us about those people.

Sometimes the simplest tools show the most skill. In this video, we forge a large, basic trivet from steel using traditional ...

Photo by Peter Cihelka /The Free Lance-Star via AP Justin Jennings fashions a chef's knife at Black Horse Forge in Stafford County, Va. FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Steve Hotz found his groove in ...

Flurries of sparks and intense heat don’t seem to faze the blacksmith apprentices of Lizama’s Forge. Each one looks calm as they focus on their tasks. Sean Lizama, the son of master blacksmith Frank ...

Explore my one-car garage blacksmith shop, built after four years of blacksmithing classes where I learned to create woodworking tools. Located in Tennessee, this shop is equipped with essential tools ...

Blacksmiths in Colorado use their anvils to turn guns into gardening tools, reshaping America’s gun culture one strike of the hammer at a time. This is the work of the “Swords to Plows” initiative of ...

Chances are you crossed paths with CJ Forge without even knowing it. You might have been browsing their wares at a festival or maybe you caught them doing live demonstrations at Scrap Revolve outside ...

The rhythmic plink-plink-plink of hammers striking red-hot iron punctuated the sound of 1960s garage rock coming from a distant stereo. A few hours later, five men walked out of Cooper’s Forge on the ...

A heart-shaped design is part of a tool created by Brian Delozier sits on top of a log. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — A Parkersburg blacksmith has a chance to win some money and an opportunity to be ...

Flurries of sparks and intense heat don’t seem to faze the blacksmith apprentices of Lizama’s Forge. Each one looks calm as they focus on their tasks. Sean Lizama, the son of master blacksmith Frank ...