This unusual experiment started with simple letter beads and ended with one of the most unique Damascus knife patterns ever created. The beads were incorporated into the forging process in a way that ...

When rusted iron, such as a sprocket or gear, gets into my hands, it transforms into something beautiful, like this combat knife. The knife features a highly polished blade that reflects like a mirror ...

Going from passion to viable business is the first hurdle for a new entrepreneur. When a project is just a pipe dream or a hobby on the side, it’s easy to only see the positives. After all, those ...

BELLOWS FALLS — Ever since Kyle and Kaila met, they’ve been making custom knives and swords together. Kaila Cumings-Farace has been making custom knives and swords for eight years; and her husband, ...

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 ...

“The heat, the hammering, creating something out of nothing, it’s absolutely addicting.” That is how knife smith Sergio Menchaca describes forging a hand-crafted knife and his passion for the forge ...

Friday afternoon one of the insufferably Texan minions of the Mad Duo posted an article about Confederate Forge, an old school one-man operation making extraordinary blades there in the Lone Star ...