Custom knife orders

All of our knives are made by hand. Some are our designs others can be specified by you. Here are some of our options and information we need to quote you a price and a time estimate.

Knife steel

We offer a wide variety of blade steels and blade constructions. The main two are:

• Mono

• San-Mai

Mono steel knives are made from a single piece of steel. Another option with a mono steel blade is clay tempering (Honyaki). Honyaki knives are differential hardened which means a hard edge and a soft spine. A by product of this is a Temper line on the blade that can take numerous shapes: waves, curly lines, straight lines, mountain sides…

Our mono/honyaki steel blades are usually made from C130. But other options are available such as: O2,

San-Mai knives are made with three pieces of steel forged together. That usually means a hand edge and a softer cladding material.

The steel options for these knives are numerous. First we select a steel core, we always have these steels on stock: O2, C130, M390, Apex Ultra

Then we select a cladding, which can be either a stainless steel or mild steel.

In all of our San-Mai knives we include a thin nickle layer which insures a good bond and has the added benefit of looking good.

Handle material

We provide a variety of options when it comes to handle materials. We currently have on offer: tiger-wood, walnut, mulberry, oak

As for the shape it can be: octagonal, oval, round, D-shaped, shield shape or a completely custom shape by your design.

Most of our handles are made from a single piece of wood but we can make more complex pieces out of multiple different materials, spacers, pins…

What we need from you

Before contacting us it’s good to know these things:

• Whether you want a stainless or carbon knife.

• San-Mai or Mono construcion

• Steel

• Full tang or hidden tang

• What size knife/blade

If you have any further questions do not hesitate to contact us.