I was always interested in bluing, although it seemed like a difficult task. There are many ways to blue steel; cold bluing, hot bluing, bluing in an oven, using a torch, and many different bluing...

Bluing is one of the best solutions to add color and extra protection layer to steel. Most people think only carbon steel can be blued. Although they are partially right when talking about...

With all the techniques used to clean, sharpen, and polish metal, sandpaper seems like the do-it-all solution. I've often wondered what's the best and simplest tool to use on swords and other...

Blacksmithing as an activity has always had a bad reputation when it comes to safety. You may have heard of some injuries that happened in the blacksmith shop. But now the question remains, is...

My friend recently told me that he simply can't harden his knife, no matter what. When I went to his workshop, I realized he was using mild steel. In this article, we decided to talk about the usage...

Watching Forged in Fire or workshop of some professional knifemaker can you easily force to conclude that you need thousands of dollars to get into knife making. This is far from the truth, you don't...