This week I take my first stab at knife making and forging the spider knife with a REAL orb weaver spider cast in epoxy resin in the handle. (I'm also doing a GIVEAWAY for this knife, details below) ...

“Don’t touch anything you don’t recognize in here because it might be hot, electrified, covered in acid, or all three,” Theo Nazz tells me as he welcomes me into his forge and blacksmithing school in ...

ISABELLA, Minnesota — Jamiah Mahoney’s forge blazed yellow and orange, as the propane tank buzzed in a low hum. With a pair of tongs, he removed a rectangular piece of metal from the fire. It shifted ...

Niko Nicolaides has joined the ranks of Michigan artisans, turning his hobby into a business making hand-forged chef knives right in Detroit. At just 23, he is making a name for himself in the world ...

Bladesmith David Singer creates custom culinary knives, specializing in Japanese styles and pattern welded steel at his Acton forge. Gary Higgins / Boston Business ...

Trevor Rideout discovered his first passion in his late 30s, after he sliced into his first kill.Rideout, now 42, found hunting six years ago, after a friend got him into it. He’d always enjoyed the ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knoxville is known as the Maker City, and it's businesses like Phillips Forged that fuel the fire of creativity. It's an artisan knife shop gaining national recognition for the ...