Traditional woodcarving tools used by carvers in the Pacific Northwest for sculpture in wood. For carving spoons, bowls, masks, totem poles and dug out canoes they are indispensable. Bent, crooked and hook knives are found all over the world used by flute and string instrument artisans, cabinet makers, hobbyists, bushcrafters and traditional boat builders. A hook knife and adze are often used together. Five or six tools are all anyone needs because of the tools' versatility. These tools are ideal for sculpting all organic shapes.
We are always working towards sustainability and spend time recovering the finest materials. We live off the grid, produce power for our shop from solar panels, all of our handle wood is local and we use traditional methods making our knives and tools.
Crooked, Hook, Bent Knives
Cariboo Blades Hook knives are made individually. Our hook knives are of the finest quality. Edge, a functional design and balance are foremost in our minds. We guarantee them for life.
The blades are inset into hardwood handles flush with the back of the handle then the blades are bolted into the handles with stainless nuts and bolts. The blades will not come loose, they are easier to sharpen, hone and you can get closer to your work. Each knife is delivered razor sharp and comes wrapped in leather.
Large hook knives have 25cm (10") handles and 8 - 10cm (3 1/2 - 4") blades.
Medium hooks have 21.25cm (8 ½") handles and 6 - 7.5cm (2 1/2 - 3") blades.
Small hooks have 17.5cm (7") handles and vary in blade length between 3.125cm and 5.625cm (1 ¼ and 2 ¼") depending on the size of hook and the length of straight edge.
Prices:
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#1 $ 115 135 155
#2 $ 125 145 170
#3 $ 120 140 165
#4 $ 120 140 165
#5 $ 115 135 155
#6 $ 135 155 185*
* thicker and longer blades.
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We sell hook blades separately (without the handle). We will make custom blades, narrow or wide, arrow or straight, any shape or size. The cost for each blade is roughly half the price of the knife with a handle.
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Woodcarving Sculpting Tools from the Pacific Northwest.
Aki Yamamoto and Scott Richardson
by CARIBOO BLADES
How to make a crooked knife, click here.
The handles are shaped to fit in your hand when pulling toward or pushing away from yourself. The thicker end of the handle can be used for your other hand to comfortably hold for more control and torque. You would secure your work to carve. The crooked knife is a great starter knife because it is so versatile. The bevels on the hook can be either on top or underneath the blade.
LIFETIME GUARANTEE
We guarantee your complete satisfaction with the materials and workmanship on all our tools and knives. All our knives can be sent to us to be sharpened. The sharpening is on us.
The hook knife set below are our smaller size of knife. They are examples of some shapes and provide a guide to our pricing. You request your own shapes and we'll make them, with our guarantee.
We offer strong handmade hook/ crooked and bent knives with recovered high carbon lumber mill bandsaw and circular blades. We handforge L6 for our large and medium size blades and 15n20 for our medium and small blades. These crooked knife blades are very tough, have a high tensile strength and hold a strong edge. Hardened and differentially tempered.
All our handles are sculpted from recovered wood.
Our crooked knives are made in a sustainable
way. Our shop has been 100% solar powered
since 1999.
All our tools and knives carry a lifetime guarantee.
I have a large assortment of carving tools (no two the same), these new "blades" are a welcome addition to my collection. Nothing compares to your knives, nothing is as good as your knives. There is "life in your knives" and I will pass that spirit on .
Thank you for everything - Keith Testimonials -click here.
How to sharpen a crooked knife, click here.
We make another kind of crooked knife. Horse shoeing knives are excellent wood carvers' knives. A spoons and mask knife and as a general woodworking tool. There are lots of hoof knives out there but many are poorly assembled and use second rate steel that doesn't hold an edge. We make excellent farriers' knives with a lifetime guarantee.
Shoeing Knives and as wood carving knives
# HK01: Lg. carving hoof knives have 8.75 cm (3 1/2") of edge, 25 cm (10") overall. Price: $185.00
#HK02: Medium size knives have 7 cm (2 3/4") of edge, 21.5 cm (8 1/2") overall. Price: $170.00
#HK03: Small size knives have 5.6 cm (2 1/4") of edge, 20 cm (8") overall. Price: $155.00
* Edge length includes the hook. Antler handle add $10.
You have control
Hand made and handforged from high carbon gangsaw blade steel, hardened then differentially tempered. These wood carving knives hold an exceptional edge which again were designed to cut hooves at least
as hard as dry apple wood. We
guarantee the edge. The full tang
blades are offset, fit into
hardwood handles and fastened with threaded pins or rivets. Each
knife comes with its own sheath and
a lifetime guarantee. These
farrier/woodcarving knives come
in three sizes, straight or with slow
curves, all have a small hook on the
end and come right or left handed. If you would like one Contact us.
Annealed, shaped, hardened and then differentially tempered. The knife's edge will hold carving hard fruitwood like cherry, plum and apple - honing is all that's needed to maintain it. Lumber mill bandsaw steel is very strong and tough at the same time.
We have been working with this quality steel for 12 years.
The hardwood handles are shaped to fit your hand with excellent balance and leverage and even the smallest size is long enough for a second hand.
Woodcarving Crooked Knife
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Depending on the style of hook you order the blade length will vary slightly.
A small size has a 6 1/2 inch handle and a 1 3/4 inch to 2 1/8 inch edge.
Medium sizes have 8 inch handles with 2 1/2 inch to 3 1/4 inch edges.
Large size knives have 10 inch handles and 3 1/3 to 4 1/4 inch edges.
Style SM. Med. LG.
#1 $145 $165 $175
#2 $165 $185 $205
#3 $150 $170 $185
#4 $150 $170 $185
#5 $150 $170 $185
#6 $165 $185 $205
Prices:
Double bevelled bent/crooked knives are a fine addition to your carving kit.
In combination with an adze, the versatile hook knife takes care of much of the work
needed to carve organic shapes. Traditionally they have been used in the Pacific
Northwest as the knife for carvers carving totem poles, masks, canoes and reliefs.
Crooked knives are the tool to carve wooden spoons, ladles and bowls and are also
used by wooden musical instrument makers, boat builders and as a general
woodworking tool.
Thin double bevelled edges let you carve deep in tight circumferences, going in
and out with ease and in any direction.
As a starter wood carving knife the hook knife would be a good choice. Two straight
edges, two curved gouge edges, and it is both left and right handed.
If you have a crooked knife in mind e-mail us. Single bevel, reversed bevels, bigger or smaller blades and handles can be made for you. We also make hook knives with antler handles.
Crooked Knife Sets
This first set was designed for a carver in Alaska. A small set of 4 hook knives for mask work. Price, $525
The second set was designed for carvers as a versatile set for work on masks, totem poles, eating implements such as serving bowls, spoons and ladles. Price, $833
Custom antler handled knives.
Add an adze to a medium or large hook knife and receive 10% off the adze.
As a third set, 6 small crooked knives the price is, $775
Four small hook knives.
Four small, one medium and a large
knife.
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Our blades are arrow shaped with fluted tangs .
Aki's Card catalogue,
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