About half of the work that I do is consisting of knives that are custom ordered by people who find me through some means (mostly social media) or another. We work together, going over various configurations, material options, specialty customizations, and sizes to come up with an ideal knife for them. Then after all is…
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7″ Coffee Gyuto
Available for purchase in the shop is this one of a kind handcrafted chefs knife, forged from 52100 high carbon steel. 52100 is an ideal steel for culinary knives due to its balance of hardness and toughness. This results in a blade that takes a keen edge and retains it for a longer period of…
Workhorse knives.
A “workhorse” knife is generally defined as a knife that is thicker and more robust with a convex grind. Not a specialized knife such as a yanagiba but something that can still handle most tasks in the kitchen with a degree of proficiency. These 2 knives were my take on the workhorse. Forged finishes, simple…
Kaiken
Commonly known as a “kwaiken”, the traditional Japanese name is “kaiken”. Kaiken translates to “bosom knife” and was historically carried by the wives of samurai. They would use the knives for daily utility, self defense and in the most extreme cases to dispatch a mortally wounded samurai husband. As simple as it looks in design,…
Sold.
Available for purchase in the shop is this elegant yet rustic piece. The blade was forged from a damascus bar consisting of 396 layers of 1084 and 15n20 high carbon steels. The handle is contoured for a comfortable grip and made from dyed and stabilized black ash burl. The handle also has a faux ivory…
Available! Circassian Walnut Fighter
Finally this knife is finished up! I had forged this blade over a year ago and it ended up getting pushed to the back burner over and over, but at last its complete… and its available! I really love making these big fighting knives (not that people fight with knives anymore) because they give me…