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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

This build transforms ordinary welding electrodes into a polished, functional knife. The process involves removing coatings, forging the steel core, and carefully shaping the blade profile. Heat ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two years ago I asked Sergio Menchaca, of Texas Sage Forge, to make me an eight-inch chef’s knife. For the blade’s raw material, I sent him the mid-century steel hoof testers that my father, who is ...