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This forge is common amongst wrought iron smiths and farriers in China, where simplicity, budget and function are of a pertinence not always required in the West. It shows in the simplicity and...

Blacksmiths in India, Asia and Africa often employ used or recovered steel with no way to know its composition. Leaving the steel in a bonfire for a few days is the most efficient way to normalize...

This project is for blacksmiths who have at least a working knowledge of blacksmithing tools, techniques and terminologies; have forged, annealed, tempered and sphereodized billets and blanks; and...

Cable Damascus is the master blacksmith's doorway exercise to making Damascus knives. While some would look negatively at steel cable Damascus and say, "That's just a piece of old junk cable,"...

Determining what type of steel is in any given piece of metal is not always easy, so knowing the appropriate method for hardening the steel isn't always known. If your steel is one that should be...

The hot forging of metal is a process that has been used for thousands of years. Forging renders stronger products than casting because the metal is manipulated and beaten rather than poured. The...