An old steel spring, commonly used in automotive or industrial applications, becomes the raw material for this custom knife build. Spring steel is valued for its durability and resilience, making it a ...

Make an adjustable fullering tool to establish square and accurate hidden tang transitions. This design utilizes spring steel ...

The Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen hosted an outdoor workshop Saturday for those looking to begin the art of blacksmithing. Students learned the basics of forging steel to form hooks and a fireplace ...

Thomas Dean swings a hammer down on the top of a metal stamp, punching the letter “B” into the piece of steel locked in place on his workbench. A high-pitched pinging sound rings throughout his ...

Darla Selander is 57 years old, 5-foot-nothing and can do more pushups than you. She also likes red leather jackets, diamond earrings and—above all—her rough, calloused hands. All of these are ...

POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics. Master skills, get tool recommendations, and, most importantly, build something of your very own ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. G'day. My name is Max Tucker. I'm a blacksmith. I'm 17, and I've been blacksmithing since I was 11. I ...