In this video, I forge a JAGDKOMMANDO Tri Edge Knife using a rusty spring. This first attempt at creating a twisting knife ...

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 ...

“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 ...

What begins as a worn transmission shaft transforms into a molten, glowing core of potential inside the forge. Each hammer strike reshapes the hardened steel, revealing patterns that have been hidden ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 chef without a knife is like a dog without a nose. Both may be able to make a go of it, but there is something seriously wrong with the picture. Good chefs know good knives can be investments that ...

The centuries-old knife-making traditions of the Bonan craftsmen are surviving thanks to the close-knit community's spirit of competition and innovation, Fang Aiqing reports. Ma Gazhuma, from ...