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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Weapons maker Sabersmith is a unicorn, according to general manager Mark Lienhart. Founded in the 1990s by Tim Lawler, the manufacturer does all of its own work in its well-equipped 15,000 square-foot ...

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 ...

Editor's Note: The beautiful short film behind this illustration focuses on one of the last remaining Japanese swordsmiths. The text below comes from Korehira Watanabe, the swordsmith who has spent 40 ...

Shen Xinpei might have been a writer or an official by now if he had submitted to his parents' wishes and finished school. But Shen chose to follow in the footsteps of his family of sword makers. "I ...