Forging a katana out of Rusted steel SPRING. This is probably our longest project. We decided to make a katana sword with a ...

The traditional katana sword is fashioned only from the purest steel, which the Japanese call tamahagane ("jewel steel"). Over three days and three nights, smelters using ancient techniques shovel ...

There’s something about forging a sword that’s deeply satisfying. The banging of the red-hot steel with hammers. The hissing of steam as the steel’s cooled in a pool of water. Grinding the blade down ...

There are several unique aspects of Japanese swordsmithing, and that goes right down to the material used. Katana are traditionally forged with what’s called tamahagane, which literally means “ball ...