Lady Liberty’s Steel II—Fires of Perseverance, a one-of-a-kind 16 ¾” Damascus dagger by the world’s first woman American Bladesmith Society Master Smith, Audra Draper, will be auctioned ...

On public demand, I forged a Damascus Cleaver, facing the challenge of combining stainless steel with carbon steel. Using rulers, I created the billet from martensitic stainless steel with high ...

In this video, I forge a Damascus edged axe for the first time. The axe's main body is constructed from mild steel, which I forge weld with Damascus steel. This project takes place in my brand new ...

If you happened to be reading the “Science Times” section of The New York Times on Tuesday, September 29, 1981, you might’ve learned that a centuries-old knife puzzle had been solved.. Along with a ...

In Round Two of the first ever Forged in Fire Invitational Tournament, four armorers must forge a Damascus blade out of something familiar: plate armor. Two exhausting rounds of failed forge welds ...

This three-steel-knife set includes a santoku, a nakiri, and a gyuto all forged in Seki, Japan, using Damascus steel. They are gorgeous, each with a unique pattern across the blade.

Damascus steel—and modern versions of the steelmaking technique—is generally synonymous with artisan forgework. In traditional Japanese sword-making, for example, the steel is repeatedly ...

Damascus steel has intrigued researchers from Michael Faraday to material scientists in the present day Read more: " Nine lost treasures – and why science wants them back " European ...

As for the blades’ closest visual analog, Damascus steel, that has its own somewhat mythical origin story, rooted in the Near East. It can be traced back to India to around 500 AD, where it was ...