Blacksmiths and metallurgists in the West have been puzzled for centuries as to how the unique patterns on the famous Damascus steel blades were formed. Different mechanisms for the formation of the ...

In this episode, Will completes the Lotus Flower Chef knife after 7 1/2 months of work. The knife showcases 12 years of blade ...

Small metal alphabet beads look like nothing special… until they melt into a wild Damascus pattern. In this video, I forge a ...

It is believed that Damascus blades were forged directly from small cakes of steel (named 'wootz') produced in ancient India. A sophisticated thermomechanical treatment of forging and annealing was ...

“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 ...

Knives comes in all shapes and sizes but the sheer variety won’t stop many EDC enthusiasts from the same end: a collection of blades that all look, well … the same. That’s where Damascus comes in. To ...

Metallurgists have puzzled for several centuries as to how the unique patterns on the ancient Damascus blades were formed. Using a modern metallurgical computational software package, the relevant ...