This Kiritsuke is crafted from K720 (O2 Steel), differentially hardened and tempered to achieve an edge hardness of 60 to 65 ...

“Knife making is an industry soaked in tradition ... Mr. Brennan fired the gas forge to 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,832 degrees Fahrenheit). Next, he began creating a stack of 4.7-inch squares ...

Step into a humble workshop, and an elderly craftsman practices a vanishing art,hand-forging a professional-grade chef knife using traditional methods passed down through generations. This video ...

The first time you wield a professional-quality kitchen knife, a realization dawns on ... Kramer gave up his prior career plans to start making knives. Today, he’s one of only 122 master ...

Carbon steel blocks start off thicker and are heated in a forge and hammered out or kneaded into shape ... or go all in trying to make knife-making that job. Thankfully Kendra, whom he met in high ...

Enter, however, and impressive machinery used to forge steel as well as work benches ... Before he fell in love with knife-making and sharpening, Dunlap was a chef in the Valley for nearly a ...

A plaque in the shop window informs passersby: “In central Europe a knife was considered an heirloom ... the ancient Austrian tradition of knife-making: one of the earliest known pocket ...

He also teaches want-to-be knife makers at a two-day course at his forge in Hereford. The move from wielding knives in a professional kitchen to making them, came about after a trip to India.