Watch the process of turning mystery steel into a blacksmith’s flatter—shaping, hardening, and finishing a vital tool for clean, even forging work.

After learning about one of the oldest tool making methods — flint knapping — outside of Fort Watauga at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Site, I later traveled to the Exchange Place Fall Festival in ...

What is the key to a faster, better workshop? This guide is the answer, showing you an efficient approach to forging your own tools that saves time and improves the quality of your finished work.

A constellation of sparks flies inside Kilroy’s Workshop as a helmeted worker grinds one steel blade after another by hand. Those brilliant blades, which are high quality enough to be used as a chef’s ...