Metallurgists have puzzled for several centuries as to how the unique patterns on the ancient Damascus blades were formed. Using a modern metallurgical computational software package, the relevant ...

I'm never cooking anything again without using my Made In Damascus-steel knives. This three-steel-knife set includes a ...

Found at a beach in northern Poland, the nearly ten-inch-long artifact could be up to 2,500 years old. It had been lodged ...

Yakushi Knives are the inheritors of an ancient tradition and a renaissance that employ old-time forging techniques. Among other things, the blades are extremely sharp and lightweight, not to cause ...

“Forging soul into steel” — that’s the motto of artist blacksmith and bladesmith Owen Bush. Working out of his forge in Welling, Kent, Owen lives out his passion for hot working of metals.

Recreating Damascus steel remains a holy grail of materials science. The exact process and alloys used are long ago lost to time. At best, modern steelworking methods are able to produce a rough ...

Whether you prefer the name Venice, The Most Serene Republic of Venice or its more colloquial Serenissima, the Italian region ...