Learn to forge axes in this video, which covers the techniques and tools used in the blacksmithing process. #Blacksmithing ...

On an overcast Saturday at CFB Esquimalt, sparks were flying as a group of military and RCMP members learned to forge axes. Ten participants carried their red-hot metal using charred tongs from a ...

The axe is among the oldest tools that humans created. Although simple in design — a metal blade (these were originally stone) joined to a wooden handle — an axe has remained unchanged due to its ...