In this video, we will melt rusty springs into wootz steel. Then we will show the forging of the wakizashi sword. A lot of work was done for this project, we made a bigger crucible than ever before.

Watch us melt Wootz steel from 1000 year old blades. Then we forge the legendary Persian khanjar dagger from the Wootz ingot.

DURING the middle ages, the Muslims who fought crusaders with swords of Damascus steel had an edge – a very high-tech one. Their sabres contained carbon nanotubes. From about AD 900 to AD 1750, ...

The master craftsmanship behind Indian swords was highlighted when scientists and conservationists from Italy and the UK joined forces to study a curved single-edged sword called a shamsheer. The ...