Industrial ball bearings serve as the raw material for a Damascus knife in this detailed forging journey. Known for their ...

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 ...

A discarded car chain becomes the raw material for a striking Damascus steel blade in this hands-on forging project. By welding and folding the chain links into a solid billet, the maker coaxes out ...

If you grow up around a working blacksmith’s forge, there are a few subjects related to metalwork on which you’ll occasionally have a heated discussion. Probably the best known is the topic of wrought ...

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 ...