A modern firearm is likely to be mass-produced using high-precision machine tools, and with a uniformity to the extent that parts from one can be interchanged with those from another. This marks a ...
The blacksmith, his hands and clothes already covered in soot, held the metal rod tight against an anvil as he hammered its still glowing end into a point. Army officers, headed by General George ...
Jul. 21—SACKETS HARBOR — An 18th century traveling forge will make a stop at the Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site on Friday and Saturday. James A. (Jymm) Hoffman is returning to the ...