This book places you alongside the blacksmith Kilian Kreutz. It allows you to immerse yourself in the ancient craft of blacksmithing with hammer, anvil, fire, and glowing coal. The shaping of red-hot steel into functional items like knives and axes, along with the myth of Damascus steel and the fascination that such knives evoke, captivates almost everyone, as we all know the tool that is a knife. And the knowledge that it is a knife of shining beauty crafted by the blacksmith's hand is incomparable. However, the artistic elevation of such hand-forged knives, with their unique form, made from a material that no longer exists today—specifically, the gun steel from a quadruple anti-aircraft cannon from World War II—creates a very special aura.