Patrick Brennan describes the process of making Damascus steel as ‘magical.’ The knife maker Patrick Brennan welds a piece in his workshop in Ireland. In March, he became a full member of the ...

“The heat, the hammering, creating something out of nothing, it’s absolutely addicting.” That is how knife smith Sergio Menchaca describes forging a hand-crafted knife and his passion for the forge ...

Whether you’re a home cook or a world-class chef, a knife is one of the most important tools in the kitchen. Blenheim Forge has been tapped by culinary elites such as Gordon Ramsay and Francis ...

Suffering burnout from her software engineering job, Jane Lee now forges exquisite custom Japanese knives for a living.

As a carpenter, David Root has always been interested in hand tools. Originally from Santa Fe, he wanted to move to a smaller rural community and have a product he could sell locally. Root ran across ...

Welcome to Talking Points, a series that looks at what makes certain products worth talking about, brought to you by Gear Patrol Studios. Down the River Forge creates unique knives equipped for any ...

I have a set of kitchen knives I inherited from my grandmother. Family lore says that my aunt spent alot of money on them and gave them to my grandparents maybe 15 or 20 years ago.<br><br>Google comes ...