In this video, we will melt rusty springs into wootz steel. Then we will show the forging of the wakizashi sword. A lot of ...

There is a new purple shirt that Jerome Tang likes to wear whenever he is coaching a Kansas State basketball practice. It features the word “FORGING” spelled out in white capital letters above a ...

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 ...

Read about the forging, tempering, and polishing of the samurai sword at this Web site from the Southern California Naginata Federation. Conduct your own virtual Charpy test and learn more about ...

Have students brainstorm a list of common uses of metal alloys (e.g., a door frame, a doorknob, or a paper clip). Write these on the board. Discuss with students what characteristics make these metal ...