This build starts with plain steel rods and ends with a blade packed with layered Damascus beauty. The hammering, folding and ...

This build starts with nothing more than a plain steel tube, but once the heat hits, the Damascus magic begins. Each weld, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about luxury timepieces. In Sweden the unlikely duo of Mr. Johan Gustafsson and Patrick Sjogren have become rising stars ...

Scandinavian metallurgists recreate legendary damascene-patterned steels from atomized metal powders. Damascene steel is an advanced form of blacksmithing recognizable by the decorative pattern on the ...

In a sunlit workshop nestled in the rolling hills of Southern California, a unique artistry unfolds daily, marked by the rhythmic clang of hammer against steel. This is the world of Dave Ellis, the ...

FLORENCE – In a converted airplane hangar just east of the small town of Florence, there’s a man creating knives using a technique that is centuries old. Ron Panko is no stranger to steel. For more ...

Hundreds of people have sharpened their skills at Crooked Path Forge; all are welcome, students range from teenagers to retirees. Their classes start out with very simple projects like small knives.

David Sowards-Emmerd loves beer. He also enjoys forging utilitarian fine art on the blacksmithing gear he has set up in the garage of his Cambrian area home. So it makes a certain sense that he would ...

From Issue Five of Gear Patrol Magazine. Discounted domestic shipping + 15% off in the GP store for new subscribers. Bob Kramer, wearing a black welding mask and long leather apron, flipped a switch ...