Join us as we take DIY knife making to the next level by crafting a custom chef’s knife featuring a razor-blade cutting edge.

Over the last year I've gotten dangerously (for my wallet, that is) enthusiastic about Japanese kitchen knives, of which I now own seven. They all have octagonal wooden wa-style handles. One of my ...

Damasteel marks a significant milestone in the evolution of knife-making materials, blending ancient Damascus steel traditions with cutting-edge metallurgical technology. Originating from Sweden, ...

As careful as Dan Eastland is, he still tends to get cut a lot. Fileted flesh is par for the course when your life’s work is building custom knives. Eastland has sliced and diced and punctured himself ...

The executive chef at Foraged restaurant creates custom knife handles using exotic materials such as mammoth tusk and mother of pearl. As a young chef in 1999, Duy Pham purchased his first Japanese ...

I first met Hayden Kessel at Colorado Pastured Pork in Hotchkiss. I was there to check out owner-rancher Toby McPartland’s pastured heritage pig operation, and ranch hand Kessel was there to co-lead ...

Crafting handles out of long-cut mammoth tooth, 1940s Bakelite backgammon game pieces, fossilized walrus tusk and “Black Lip” Mother-Of-Pearl, knife maker and designer Terry Renner has elevated the ...

HOT SPRINGS – About nine years ago (2007) Rod Watts was visiting with Rusty and Sally Preston, his neighbors, at his part-time home in Port Isabel, Texas – since 2000, Watts has been a Hot Springs ...

Across all categories, SUSA Knives emphasizes material integrity and strict quality oversight. Blade steels are selected for ...

Two years ago I asked Sergio Menchaca, of Texas Sage Forge, to make me an eight-inch chef’s knife. For the blade’s raw material, I sent him the mid-century steel hoof testers that my father, who is ...