In this video, we're going to show you how to forge a wootz katana from old drills. This sword is a classic example of swordsmithing, and is a great way to learn about swordsmithing basics. If you're ...

At Fusahiro Shimojima’s workshop, in the industrial city of Saitama, fires rage in small pits and an earthen floor absorbs the din of hammering. The Japanese swordsmith pounds the nascent blade of his ...

In this video we will show how to forge a katana from an old bearing. We forged an old bearing from a railway locomotive into ...