Going from passion to viable business is the first hurdle for a new entrepreneur. When a project is just a pipe dream or a hobby on the side, it’s easy to only see the positives. After all, those ...

Patrick Brennan describes the process of making Damascus steel as ‘magical.’ The knife maker Patrick Brennan welds a piece in his workshop in Ireland. In March, he became a full member of the ...

BELLOWS FALLS — Ever since Kyle and Kaila met, they’ve been making custom knives and swords together. Kaila Cumings-Farace has been making custom knives and swords for eight years; and her husband, ...

Watch how we are making a knife from a file, using basic forging techniques. This video highlights the art of knife making, showing each step in detail, from shaping the file, to finishing the ...

“The heat, the hammering, creating something out of nothing, it’s absolutely addicting.” That is how knife smith Sergio Menchaca describes forging a hand-crafted knife and his passion for the forge ...

Friday afternoon one of the insufferably Texan minions of the Mad Duo posted an article about Confederate Forge, an old school one-man operation making extraordinary blades there in the Lone Star ...

A chef without a knife is like a dog without a nose. Both may be able to make a go of it, but there is something seriously wrong with the picture. Good chefs know good knives can be investments that ...