If you grow up around a working blacksmith’s forge, there are a few subjects related to metalwork on which you’ll occasionally have a heated discussion. Probably the best known is the topic of wrought ...

A collection of fishing hooks is transformed into a large Damascus steel knife through an intricate forging process. The hooks are heated, compressed and welded together to form layered steel suitable ...

Dunno about you, but “placoid” isn’t a term I tend to use in daily conversation — or even one I had read or heard before today. While the various metals combined in the forming of Damascus steel are ...