A Damascus knife is forged using 100 steel springs, demonstrating the transformation of industrial materials into a functional blade. The springs are heated, flattened and layered to form a billet ...

At Middleton Made Knives in South Carolina, Quintin Middleton makes Damascus steel chef knives by welding two types of steel together. The bladesmith extends the concept of “blending” into his forging ...

Custom knife makers wear their passion for fine steel on their sleeves. Actually, they wear it under their sleeves where their skin bears burn marks from hand forging steel blades. Arkansas is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This three-steel-knife set includes a santoku, a nakiri, and a gyuto all forged in Seki, Japan, using Damascus steel. They are ...