In this video, I forge a traditional Chinese Dao sword from a massive industrial bearing! Watch the entire process—from ...

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 ...

This week’s Forged in Fire sees the bladesmiths having to create replicas of the epic Kamilan sword. The Kampilan hails from the Philippines and is a long, single-edged tapered weapon, narrower and ...

This is the third in a series of articles about artists who are making their mark beyond the peninsula’s borders.  For Ric ...

This week on Forged in Fire the two finalist have to craft a cinquedea, but what is this Italian sword? The cinquedea became popular in renaissance Italy in the 15th and 16th centuries. It was ...

Symbol of war. Icon of survival. In this intense build, we forge a miniature axe pendant from raw steel - hammered by hand, ...

The gladius sword became synonymous with the Roman Army's ancient conquests. Mentioned first in a 1 AD biography of Alexander the Great, the gladius sword was the standardized weapon for the feared ...

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 ...