Join us on a fascinating journey as we dive into the art of forging a Damascus tanto blade from Wootz steel. In this video, ...

Experience the fascinating journey of forging a Damascus hunting knife, where traditional craftsmanship meets modern metallurgical artistry. This video provides a detailed walkthrough of the entire ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about luxury timepieces. In Sweden the unlikely duo of Mr. Johan Gustafsson and Patrick Sjogren have become rising stars ...

I am a pretty practical guy when it comes to gear and pocket knives. I usually don’t go for stuff that seems “decorative” or ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...