Toledo, Spain, has been a hotbed for sword-making since the 5th century BC. But the art of sword-making is dying in Toledo, with just two artisans keeping the ancient tradition alive. Mass-produced ...

Swords first appeared during the Bronze Age. But scholars aren’t sure whether they were a prestige item — made for show — or designed primarily to kill. Swords developed on human beings over hundreds ...

CAVE SPRINGS -- Greg Wenderski realized kids love swords. It occurred to him a program developed around how to make a sword might be popular. Wenderski, who calls himself the Sword Casting Guy, is a ...

The sword is the perennial symbol of empires, knighthood, chivalry and fantasy. But it’s also one of the world’s most ancient technologies, connected with breakthroughs in metallurgy that would change ...

Japanese sword making is a tradition that goes back centuries, and one that's carried on to this day. Each sword take dedication, skill and can take over 18 months to create. The resulting blades can ...

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 ...

Swords are cool. That was pretty much agreed upon, from kids to parents and others who took a class on how to make blades like those from around the Bronze Age. “I think it’s pretty cool to make a ...