ESCONDIDO — It may seem blacksmithing went the way of the horseand buggy, but by the sound of steel striking steel in Grape DayPark on Saturdays, it’s obvious some artisans are keeping theirtrade ...

There is a ritual and subtle rhythm to Michael Murphy’s every movement as a blacksmith — in his 1800s style workspace at the Tallahassee Museum, he dances between the anvil and the bellows with tongs ...