Blacksmith

You have to strike while the iron is hot. You can’t have too many irons in the fire. It has a nice ring to it. Go…

If you think about it, a crowbar already comes vaguely sword-shaped (or as sword-shaped as any long metal tool can…

If you try hard and believe in yourself, anything can be a knife—but turning rebar into a legit-as-hell kunai is a…

What a day it has been. Time to go into an elective waking coma while this guy makes a crazy-looking knife with…

I’ve seen a lot of knife-making videos, but none with quite this much ennui.

Fireworks, which were invented in China, are obviously a big deal in China. But no fireworks show in any part of the…

We’ve really appreciated the level of detail that the guys behind Man at Arms: Reforged puts into their creations.…

Modern knives have something distinctly badass about them. Maybe it’s the materials. Maybe its the sleek ergonomic…

Watching Jimmy DiResta restore a fireman’s axe is especially cool because you get to see him work with metal and…

One of my favorite things in the world is to watch blacksmiths take old tools like shovels or circular blade saws or…

It is an incredible amount of work to forge a pair of fireplace tongs. Like, this blacksmith should be awarded with…

Down a stretch of country road in upstate New York there is a shed. The shed itself is nothing spectacular, a…

I love machines that can grab any piece of iron and twist it like it's silly putty. I'm sure they made them in the…