What starts as a pile of worthless fishing hooks quickly turns into a high-risk forging experiment. Each hook is cleaned, stacked, and compressed under extreme heat to fuse into solid Damascus steel.

Turning hundreds of thin needles into a solid Damascus blade is a high-risk experiment. The needles must be perfectly packed and heated evenly to avoid collapse or voids. Under the hammer, the billet ...

EDC hardware brand Orioner says this new folding knife is the smallest piece of kit it's ever made: it's about half the length of your pinky. But there's more to it than its diminutive proportions.

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 ...