ISABELLA, Minnesota — Jamiah Mahoney’s forge blazed yellow and orange, as the propane tank buzzed in a low hum. With a pair of tongs, he removed a rectangular piece of metal from the fire. It shifted ...

Knife making begins with a single piece of steel and a hot forge. This video shows how a small carving knife is forged, shaped, and refined into a functional blade. A great look at traditional ...

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 ...

A blacksmith and a specialty knife retailer joined forces to launch a Portland business that makes and sells hand-forged knives designed and crafted in small batches. Kiran Chapman of Soma Metalwork ...

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 ...

Unwanted pieces of steel, cowhide, deerskin and antlers may not seem like an appealing group of materials. But that’s all Verlin Cossel needs to make finely crafted works of art. Cossel, 64, has lived ...

Blenheim Forge began in the most modest way imaginable: with a homemade brick oven in a garden, powered by a leaf blower. A decade later, founders James Ross-Harris, Jon Warshawsky, and Richard Warner ...

LORANGER, La. (WAFB) - The craft dates back to Medieval times when brawny men folded hot iron into legendary weapons like King Arthur’s Excalibur or William Wallace’s broadsword. Today, the younger ...