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 ...

In this video, we're going to be forging an amazing Bowie knife from recycled car gears using the ancient technique of wootz steelmaking. This is a skill that will allow you to create an extremely ...

Micro-etching done on the surface often enhance the "watered silk" pattern of old swords made of wootz steel. Reuters A 75-centimetre long Indian sword made in the late eighteenth century and probably ...

Fans of the literary saga A Song of Ice and Fire (or its television adaptation, Game of Thrones) will remember that “Valyrian steel” was a special alloy used to make bladed weapons in the now-lost ...

The technology the Arabs used to craft the famed Damascus swords may have existed in India even before these weapons were built in the capital city of Syria, a research by city-based Deccan College, ...