CHEDING, TAIWAN — The sword maker inserts an 18-inch shaft of metal into his red-hot kiln. Then he adds his special ingredient: a human thighbone. The bone, says Kuo Chang-hsi, is supposed to purify ...

CHE DING, TaiwanCHE DING, Taiwan — The sword-maker inserts an 18-inch shaft of metal into his red-hot kiln. Then he adds his special ingredient: a human thighbone. The bone, says Kuo Chang-hsi, is ...

BALDWIN - Thomas R. Johnson is very much an outdoorsman of many talents. He is the manager of the Flint Rainbow Club on the Pere Marquette River near Baldwin, and he is a fly fishing and birdhunting ...

Making a Katana from titanium or how I made a Katana sword from titanium, to be honest, I myself did not figure out the name. I'll leave this question to the viewer's judgment, to share your opinion ...

As an armorer, sword maker and founder of the Golden Gate School of Arms in San Rafael in 2014, Instructor At Arms Benjamin Bowles’ life passion is to preserve the history of classical fencing while ...

In testament to old world craftsmanship, Japan Steel Works is both a samurai sword maker and the only company in the world that’s good enough with steel to produce the central part of a nuclear ...

NEW HAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Through smoke and sparks and staccato banging from his anvil, John Lundemo forges swooping swords that look like they should be pulled from a stone, swung by a samurai or ...