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 ...

Bladesmith David Singer creates custom culinary knives, specializing in Japanese styles and pattern welded steel at his Acton forge. Gary Higgins / Boston Business ...

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Watch the full process of crafting a stunning Mosaic Damascus Quillon Dagger, featuring intricate pattern-welded steel, brass guard fittings, and a two-tone amboyna burl handle. A complete guide from ...

Meriden resident Steve Culver deftly wipes the oil from the dagger's blade before immersing it in a ferric chloride solution. After placing the dagger in a vice on his work table, he and fellow knife ...

Making a quillon dagger with mosaic Damascus steel, featuring a blade made of K720 and 15N20 pattern welded steel, brass guard and fittings, and a two-tone amboyna burl handle. Timeline: 0:00 Blade ...

Scandinavian metallurgists recreate legendary damascene-patterned steels from atomized metal powders. Damascene steel is an advanced form of blacksmithing recognizable by the decorative pattern on the ...

There can be few more mythologized ancient materials technologies than sword-making. The common view — that ancient metalsmiths had an extraordinary empirical grasp of how to manipulate alloy ...