Wootz katana from bearing balls is the longest and most complex project of ours. The bearing ball ingot was very hard to forge and was very large. Its weight was 1410 grams. After it was possible to ...

In this video we will make a Viking wootz sword with an amazing pattern on the blade. We smelted this wootz ingot in our furnace in the last video, in which we showed how we make our crucibles for ...

Advanced forging processes now yield parts with directional strength and high impact resistance. Forging is one of the oldest mechanical metalworking processes. It forms and shapes metals through the ...

IT is generally held that, in order to obtain the best mechanical properties of which a steel is capable, it is necessary, after having cast it in the form of an ingot, to subject it to a large amount ...