Logan Stowell of Atlanta hammers hot iron held by Greg Gehner of Edinboro at the Center for Metal Arts in Johnstown. Nate Weiss of Johnstown (back) watches as he waits at the forge for metal to heat.
The art of forging dates to at least 4000BC and probably earlier. Metals such as bronze and wrought iron were forged by early man to produce hand toots and weapons of war. Forging of wrought iron and ...