In this video, we will melt rusty springs into wootz steel. Then we will show the forging of the wakizashi sword. A lot of ...

#knifemaking #katana Forging a katana out of Rusted steel SPRING. This is probably our longest project. We decided to make a ...

There’s something about forging a sword that’s deeply satisfying. The banging of the red-hot steel with hammers. The hissing of steam as the steel’s cooled in a pool of water. Grinding the blade down ...

The traditional katana sword is fashioned only from the purest steel, which the Japanese call tamahagane ("jewel steel"). Over three days and three nights, smelters using ancient techniques shovel ...