In this video, we melt crucible steel from a spring. From the resulting ingot we make a chopper knife. We decided to make a ...

In this video we will make wootz steel from threading tap. After the ingot, we will make a hidden bamboo knife. To make a ...

While the blade of a given knife is obviously the most important part — it’s the part that does the cutting, after all — the handle is only slightly less important, as you’re not going to do much ...

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MILAN — Sometimes the most useful tool can also be the simplest — and that is definitely true when talking about the “tollekniv,” also known as a Norwegian work knife. Usually created from a laminated ...