Steel
Profiled blanks in carbon, stainless and Damascus, plus flat bar for makers who cut their own.
- Hunters and utility
- Chef and paring
- Pattern-welded Damascus
- Flat bar by the foot
Steel, handles and finishing
Shape steel.Make it yours.
Heat-treated blanks, matched handle scales, the pins and epoxy that finish them, and kits with all of it in one box.
The build
Three parts. One knife that’s yours.
Steel for the bones, a matched pair of scales for the grip, and brass pins to lock it all together.
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The blank.
Cut to profile, heat treated and drilled for pins. The edge is left for you to grind.
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The scales.
Sold in pairs cut from one board, so the grain runs the same on both sides of the handle.
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The pins.
Brass rod, cut a little long and sanded flush once the epoxy has set.
Steel guide
Pick the steel for the job.
Carbon steels sharpen fast and forgive a first heat treat. Stainless shrugs off a wet kitchen. Powder steels hold an edge the longest and wear out belts doing it.
New to this? Start with 1095 or 440C. Both grind easily and sharpen on an ordinary stone.
The shelves
Steel, handles and the parts that finish them.
Sorted the way a build goes: steel first, then the grip, then everything that holds it together and brings up the shine.
Handles
Scales sold in matched pairs from one board, so both sides of a handle agree.
- Hardwood scale pairs
- Carbon fiber sheet
- Spacers and liners
- Bolster stock
Finishing
Pins, glue, belts and oil: the last hour of every build.
- Brass and mosaic pins
- Two-part epoxy
- Belts, 60 to 400 grit
- Leather and kydex for sheaths
Your mark
A preview only. Nothing is ordered or marked.
Maker’s mark
Sign it in the steel.
Freewith every build kit
- On a single blank, a mark is $15.
- Set on the ricasso or along the spine.
- Up to 20 characters, in block or serif letters.
From the bench
Bench picks
Shop clips
At the grinder
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Grinding a bevel at the wheel
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Rough blanks before cleanup
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Checking a blank at the vise
Build-along
One knife a month, start to finish.
Each issue follows one blank and one pair of scales from bare steel to a finished knife, with the parts list and the mistakes we made on the way.
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Grind something you’ll keep.
Steel, scales, pins and belts, packed by people who still grind their own.