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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...