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 ...

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 ...

In this video, we wanted to show how you can make damask steel from iron powder. Then forge the Japanese nakiri kitchen knife ...

Watch us melt Wootz steel from steel cable. Then we forge the legendary pchak knife from the Wootz ingot. If you enjoy ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A veterinarian by trade and a knife maker by passion, Bill Tidball creates knives from scrap metal - and some even have ...