Non-stainless high carbon blades aren’t for everyone, but there are many aficionados who prefer them over stainless steel. High carbon steel can provide a harder blade which can be made much sharper and hold the edge longer than stainless steel. The draw back to non-stainless is, well, that it’s not stainless and will rust if […]
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Repairing Cracked Knife Handles – It Can be Done
We repair broken knife handles and blades here in our Brantford Ontario shop. I get a lot of customers bringing me knives with cracked handles. Usually I am able to repair them, but the problem is easy to avoid with a little care – because the single biggest cause for cracked handles is putting knives […]
How to clean and care for your handmade custom knife
Reality TV Shows – don’t do what they do! Maybe you’ve seen the reality TV show about making knives, Forged in Fire, and watched some of the things they do to their knives? All I can say is don’t do that! Don’t use your knife as a prybar, chopper, axe or screwdriver. Buy one of […]