Jim Siebert doesn`t get upset easily-not even when a full-grown horse is startled by a cat and steps on his foot, breaking all his toes. ”It`s just a hazard of the job,” says Siebert in a nonchalant ...

A blacksmith demonstrates his skills at the anvil. He was one of nearly 100 juried craftsmen at the Lucketts Fair in this photo from the Aug. 25, 1988 edition of the Loudoun Times-Mirror.

Pounding iron takes more than a lot of muscle. Albin Drzewianowski knows firsthand that molding iron, or blacksmithing, is based on skill. Mr. Drzewianowski, a Westminster resident who has been ...