A recent North Atlantic mud season became the inspiration for this weekend metalsmithing project. The humble boot scraper was once a fixture outside building entryways. The simplest version deploys a ...

Prized by antique dealers, revered by history buffs, but an object of puzzlement to many a 21st century pedestrian, the humble boot-scraper is back in the spotlight in its favoured home, Belgium.

Keep the mud outdoors! You can make this handy boot scraper by welding or bolting together three pieces of angle iron. Gardens and pastures can be messy places to work, especially after a good rain.

Every day millions of New Yorkers walk along the miles of paved sidewalks, likely oblivious to the fact that walking city streets didn’t become a passtime until the mid-18th century in Europe when ...

Watch the full blacksmithing process as a custom hardy-tool boot scraper is forged from raw steel. Learn the design choices, techniques, and craftsmanship behind building a tough, long-lasting shop ...

ANTWERP: Life can feel smaller, even tiny during the COVID-19 pandemic as public health restrictions limit social contacts to a bare minimum. But Belgian artist Elke Lemmens has found a way to build ...