A hammer is built to survive impact — not to slice — but the steel inside tells a different story. Many hammer heads are forged from high-carbon or tool steel, capable of holding a hardened edge if tr ...

Logan Stowell of Atlanta hammers hot iron held by Greg Gehner of Edinboro at the Center for Metal Arts in Johnstown. Nate Weiss of Johnstown (back) watches as he waits at the forge for metal to heat.

Forging a cleaver requires a combination of strength, precision, and careful control of heat. The process begins by heating raw steel in a forge until it becomes malleable enough to shape with ...

All part of a day’s work at Robert Thomas’ workshop to forge iron gates, decorative pieces, and even cookware. The forging process creates a more durable, stronger end product com pared to casting or ...

This section of the industry may be classified as jobbing with quantities generally small varying from one off to perhaps 100 off. Tooling for producing open die work may consist of flat or shaped ...

When metal is forged, it is deformed using compressive pressures to create a desired shape. Forcing the metal into the desired form, this method employs a sequence of compressive hammers. Many ...

First, welding began to replace riveting in ship-and plane-building (TIME. Dec. 15). Now cast steel is replacing forged steel, and in tanks it is replacing both riveted and welded armor plate.

One of our tipsters sent in a great video showing how to make knives out of old broken drill bits. It comes from [The Art of Weapons] YouTube channel which is run by a 15 year old from the UK. He’s ...