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 ...

A Portage la Prairie craftsman is turning reclaimed steel into handcrafted knives, blending family tradition with self-taught ...

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 ...

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 ...

The custom knifemaking industry isn’t like any other. It’s a balancing act of aesthetics, functionality and all-too-present danger. Alongside artistry, there’s an artistry to crafting boutique blades ...

This video showcases the process of making my first knife, using an old hardened file to eliminate the need for heat treatment. The grinding was kept cool by continuously spraying it with water. The ...

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 ...

Chelsea Miller started making custom knives in 2011 and has grown her client list to include some of the top chefs in the world. Business Insider visited her Brooklyn studio to learn how she does it.

In this video, a Nakiri knife is made without a forge or heat treatment, showcasing a quicker method using pre-hardened steel ...