Ordinary school rulers are repurposed and forged into a Damascus steel blade. As the materials are heated and layered, a complex pattern begins to form within the metal. The turning point comes when ...

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A discarded transmission shaft is broken down and rebuilt into a layered Damascus billet through repeated forging and welding. As the steel is cut, stacked, and compressed, a complex internal pattern ...

Custom knife makers wear their passion for fine steel on their sleeves. Actually, they wear it under their sleeves where their skin bears burn marks from hand forging steel blades. Arkansas is a ...

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 ...

REDDING — The craftsman hunched over his bench. With jeweler’s magnifying glasses, he inserted a micro pin into the body of a $2,500 folding knife. Aaron Wilburn, the master behind the name Wilburn ...

“Forging soul into steel” — that’s the motto of artist blacksmith and bladesmith Owen Bush. Working out of his forge in Welling, Kent, Owen lives out his passion for hot working of metals. A nicely ...

Leatherman has rolled out a limited edition take on one of its premium multitools, offering the typical functionality of its versatile implements but with a dash of Damascus steel. The Charge+ TTI ...

Montana Knife Company’s new releases rarely last long, but its next knife drop is set to outpace even its own record-breaking sellouts. The Damascus Blackfoot isn’t just stunning visually; the fixed ...

For hundreds of years, some of the keenest minds searched in vain for the secret of how blacksmiths in the ancient Middle East fashioned a tough and flexible metal known as Damascus steel. The metal ...