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A blade of damascus steel is on display in Scott Sweder’s shop, Iron Bear Knife and Forge. (Mackenzie Reiss/Daily Inter Lake)

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The red-hot heat from Scott Sweder’s forge radiates throughout his fabrication shop on the west side of Columbia Falls. He carefully slips a roughed-out piece of steel into its fiery mouth until the blade in progress becomes an orange-red ombre — a sign the metal is ready for hammering.