In 1986, Olympia’s Bob Kramer began sharpening knives ... hand forging and I was hooked.” “I came home and borrowed an anvil from a friend of mine and built a little, funky propane forge ...

Together, we made 5 hand forged knives each called a Kiridashi. Each Knife is made from a piece of recycled leaf spring that was salvaged from the local swap meet here in Joshua Tree, CA.

Niko Nicolaides has joined the ranks of Michigan artisans, turning his hobby into a business making hand-forged chef knives ... to being well-made, Nocolaides’ knives are beautiful, too.

There are a lot of great knives being made in Poland, South Africa, France, Russia, Japan, and, yes, China. But, hand on a bible ... I’ve ended up with a large collection of USA made knives for all ...

Nicholas Berkofsky uses a belt grinder to sharpen one of his hand-forged knives. His knives sold out, and Fell Knives was born. (“Berkofsky Knives didn’t sound great,” he said when asked ...

After cooking professionally for eight years, Will Griffin began to collect knives. His interest in how the tool is made and how they ... using the process of hand forging.