Forged by Hand.
Guided by tradition.

I’m Marcin Grabowiec - blacksmith and knifemaker behind MG Forge.

Tamahagane (Wakou) is not “made.”
It is born.

Inside a clay tatara furnace, charcoal burns for days—pine turned to black fire. Iron sand is added again and again. The air is fed. The heat is watched like a living thing. And at the end… the furnace gives one child: kera—a heavy bloom of iron and carbon.

Not all of it is worthy.
Only the best inner pieces become true tamahagane.

Japanese sword making was built on this steel. And with that steel came the old promise: sharp enough to feel unreal… yet strong enough to survive.

I forge kitchen knives from pure tamahagane, using traditional katana techniques—refining, shaping, clay-coating, and water quenching. It’s a steel with a narrow path between success and ruin. Some blades crack. Some live. The ones that live carry a quiet presence you can feel the moment they touch food.

This isn’t just a knife.
It’s tatara fire—held in your hand.