John Boyd Smith Metal Studios

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John Boyd Smith Metal Studios John Boyd Smith is an award-winning Blacksmith, Artist and Sculptural Metalsmith. Mr.
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For the past 35 years his hand-forged artistic metalwork can be found adorning high-end private residences and luxury hotels across America. Smith mastered his craft in Savannah, GA, where he was well-known as the premier metalsmith for over 25 years. His custom wrought-ironwork includes gates, railings, chandeliers, furniture and lamps, fire screens and fire tool sets, and other decorative and sculptured items. John’s passion is the coastal-style, nature-themed decorative metalwork for which he is best known.

10/17/2026

🔥 Shop shop history on an anvil!!!! And little beating (Music to my ears) 👂
The Hay-Budden anvil is a piece of American blacksmithing history, built for generations of hardworking smiths who shaped hot iron by hand. These anvils earned a reputation for their quality and durability, and they're still appreciated by blacksmiths and collectors today.
Hay-Budden anvils were made in Brooklyn, New York, beginning in the late 1880s or early 1890s. The company became known for its high-quality forged anvils, often made with wrought iron bodies and hardened steel faces. The company's manufacturing operations came to an end around 1925, making these anvils genuine antiques today.
There's something special about working on a piece of American history like this. These old anvils were built to work, and here we are, generations later, still heating iron in the forge and moving metal with a hammer. Some things just never go out of style!

10/13/2026

This cooler weather has me starting to speed up a little in the shop, and look who came to join me!
Just in time for Halloween!!!!

This little cat has really taken a liking to me. He keeps hanging around the shop, so I'm starting to think he's decided he wants to be the official shop cat!

I might have to give him a name and put him to work keeping an eye on things.

What y'all think-should I let him move in?

10/11/2026

🌧️ 🔥 Forging on a RainyDay

A little rain ain't stopping the work around here!

There's something about the sound of rain outside and the sound of the hammer hitting hot iron that just feels right.

The forge is hot, the hammer is swinging, and we're making sparks fly no matter what the weather is doing.

Rain or shine, there's always something to be made in the shop!

10/08/2026

The railings are up at Magnolia Cemetery in Spartanburg, and it was a real honor to be a small part of remembering a man with such a lasting impact on music.

William “Singing Billy” Walker was a Spartanburg musician, music teacher, composer, and publisher. In 1835, he published The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, a hugely influential shape-note songbook that sold more than 600,000 copies. It was also the first book to pair the words of John Newton’s “Amazing Grace” with the tune NEW BRITAIN—the combination that became the version of “Amazing Grace” we know today. (Spartanburg Music Trail)

Walker went on to publish four books of sacred music, and his songbooks helped spread music education and singing throughout the South. His work is still being sung and reprinted today. (Issuu)

Knowing that these railings will now stand at his gravesite in historic Magnolia Cemetery makes this project especially meaningful. It was an honor for us to build them for the City of Spartanburg and to have a hand in preserving the memory of “Singing Billy” Walker.

There’s a lot of history in Spartanburg, and I’m proud that our shop gets to help keep a little of it standing. 🔨🔥


10/03/2026

SOME GUESSED DOOR KNOCKER AND THAT IS CORRECT!!!!!!
Before doorbells and modern intercoms, the door knocker was how you announced your arrival. Door knockers have been around for centuries, with some of the earliest examples dating back to ancient times. By the Middle Ages and into the 17th and 18th centuries, they became common on homes, churches, and important buildings throughout Europe and America.
They weren't just functional-they were often a piece of craftsmanship themselves. Blacksmiths and other metalworkers made them from iron, brass, and bronze, with everything from simple forged rings to elaborate designs.
I've always liked things that have a purpose but also show the hand of the person who made them. A good old door knocker is a perfect example-part hardware, part history, and a little piece of craftsmanship that can last for generations.
There's just something about reaching up and giving an old iron door knocker a good knock.

09/30/2026

Any guesses on what this is????? Lets see how many good funny and crazy answer we can get!!!!

09/28/2026

Nice and clean and ready to install soon

09/23/2026

I've always had a love for old panel trucks, so I picked up another one! I'm thinking this might make a pretty good new shop truck. What y'all think?
Panel trucks were the workhorses of their day. They were built for businesses to haul tools, parts, supplies, and just about anything else that needed to get from the shop to the job. Unlike a pickup, the enclosed body kept everything protected from the weather and out of sight.
You'd see them everywhere-from blacksmiths and mechanics to plumbers, electricians, bakeries, florists, and delivery companies. A lot of them wore the name of the business right on the side and became rolling advertisements for the shops that owned them.
Seems fitting to put one back to work as a shop truck. A little old-school history rolling down the road again.
So what y'all think-should I make this the new John Boyd Smith Metal Studios shop truck?

09/21/2026

BACK IN THE ARCHIVES ⚒️🇺🇸 — USS VULCAN

I founds this couple of years ago at a sale and had to have it as i have many anvils

Here’s a piece of Navy history I think any blacksmith or metalworker can appreciate.

The USS Vulcan (AR-5) was a U.S. Navy repair ship commissioned in 1941, named after Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalworking. She was basically a floating repair shop—with machine shops, forges, and skilled tradesmen aboard who kept other Navy ships repaired and operating.

She could handle everything from metalwork and machinery repairs to welding, pipe work and structural repairs. In many ways, she was a blacksmith shop of the sea.

And here’s one of my favorite pieces of the story: when sailors enlisted and were assigned to this kind of ship, they were presented with a small anvil. Think about the symbolism in that—a reminder of the trade, the tools, and the craftsmanship that kept the fleet moving.

Fire, steel, anvil and skilled hands.

That’s a tradition I can relate to.

Long before modern repair facilities and computerized equipment, there were men aboard ships like the Vulcan who could take a piece of metal, heat it in a forge, put it on an anvil and make what was needed to get the job done.

They called the Vulcan a repair ship.

Around here, I think of her as the blacksmith shop of the sea. ⚒️🔥🇺🇸

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Moore, SC
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