Old steel tools can often be repurposed into new blades through careful forging. In this project, a rusted iron saw is heated in a forge and reshaped into a katana-style sword. The process begins by ...

Blacksmiths often held a special status among traditional people; when your plow bent or your scythe broke, he kept your family alive. They must have seemed like alchemists, turning bare stones into ...

Watch a blacksmith forge practical tools by bending and twisting hot metal. Learn the techniques used to shape strong, functional pieces in the forge.

Perhaps the biggest hurdle to starting a home blacksmithing operating is the forge. There’s really no way around having a forge; somehow the metal has to get hot enough to work. Although we might be ...