Patrick Brennan describes the process of making Damascus steel as ‘magical.’ The knife maker Patrick Brennan welds a piece in his workshop in Ireland. In March, he became a full member of the ...

Watch as we create a knife using the forge. This video highlights the art of knife making, showing each step in detail, from ...

At Middleton Made Knives in South Carolina, Quintin Middleton makes Damascus steel chef knives by welding two types of steel together. The bladesmith extends the concept of “blending” into his forging ...

Some 700 years ago, a famous Japanese blacksmith from Kyoto, named Kuniyasu Chiyozuru, came to the village of Takefu (now Echizen) in the state, or prefecture, called Fukui. There, he transformed the ...

Two years ago I asked Sergio Menchaca, of Texas Sage Forge, to make me an eight-inch chef’s knife. For the blade’s raw material, I sent him the mid-century steel hoof testers that my father, who is ...

After apple pie and baseball, it’s hard to think of anything more American than giant weapons and fast food. So Steve Calvert, from YouTube’s Green Beetle channel, combined the two, using beer, bacon, ...

I received an antler from a friend and was given full creativity for this knife project. I chose to create a brute de forge ...

Like so many artisans who’ve built their skills into a profitable small business, John Phillips started Phillips Forged because he couldn’t find what he wanted on the marketplace. “I moved here from ...

Pigeon Forge bladesmith David Martin will put his metalworking and knife-wielding skills to the test on a History Channel show. Martin will compete on an episode of the network's series, "Forged in ...

Visitors to David Starr’s Battle Lake Forge might wonder for a moment if they traveled back in time a century or so and strolled into the blacksmith shop from the classic TV western “Gunsmoke.” There ...