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Custom Hand forged, High Carbon Working Knives & Tools
Images and Art from the Chilcotin, British Columbia, Canada
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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
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Aki Yamamoto & Scott Richardson
Spalted apple scales with a moose antler guard, recovered lumber mill high carbon saw steel and stainless pins make up this custom knife. The blade is 8", 20cm long. Hardened and differentially tempered to be tough and strong. It keeps a razor edge.
Custom Chef Knives
Please visit our Kitchen Knives catalogue.
Camp knives - The Caribou Knife.
-tough knives
The Caribou knife has a handforged, differentially tempered, 6", 15 cm full tang blade. The tang has been hollow ground for balance.
A 5mm spine runs through the guard and tapers into the walnut handle.
A piece of a timber processer blade, the slot of which has been filled with silver, makes up the guard. 5 threaded stainless pins
and a threaded copper lanyard insert secure the scales.
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Garden Knives -professional working knives
These knives were made for Mackin Creek Farm. An organic farm run by Rob Borsato and Cathie Allen.
Handforged from 15n20 and L6 saw blade steels we've recovered. Hardened and differentially tempered garden tools. Tough knives that keep a razor's edge.
Rob and Cathie deliver 100 boxes of organic vegetables a week in their box a week program. Pillars of the Quesnel Farmer's Market they work hard to supply people with the finest food.
The Zucchini knife has a long neck for reaching into lettuce and Zucchini plants. With two razor edges and an extreme point, it is a precision tool.
We made two broccoli knives for Mackin Creek Farm. One from 1/8" lumber mill bandsaw for general broccoli duties. The second heavier from L6 saw blade for heavier chores. It is a chopper.
The original garden scorp designed by Rob Borsato. Cherry wood handle and a high carbon steel blade. It keeps a razor edge. Just a great tool. It can be used as a wood carving tool as well. There are cheap imitations out there so don't be fooled.
Cariboo Blades Tools & Knives
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Please visit our Hunting Knives catalogue.
Bushcraft Sets
- a knife, adze and crooked knife
The knife has a 3 1/2" full tang Kirsten blade, HK13 forged from recovered D2 steel (planer blade)and a Maple Tiger handle (HK22): brass guard pinned and brazed, copper and antler inserts, stabilized tiger maple scales, a moose antler butt with a copper lanyard insert. The pins and lanyard insert are threaded, screwed and peened.
The D2 blade is hardened and differentially tempered and finished with a powder black finish.
The adze head and hook knife are both hand forged from recovered L6 steel. Hardened and differentially tempered. Both have hand carved cherry wood handles.
We made this universal style kitchen knife for Rosa's mother. It has a full tang 8" high carbon steel blade made from lumber mill bandsaw blade The guard is forged and laminated copper and brass. The handle has antler and copper inserts with yew wood scales screwed together with threaded stainless pins. They will not separate from the tang, ever. Hardened and differentially tempered to hold a razor
edge.
This walnut set of three chef knives with band saw and gang saw blade steel is held in a custom apple wood knot block.
Custom Bushcraft Knife Set
-Kootenai & Wiseman
The Kootenai, HK01, has a hand forged, recovered planer
blade, D2 steel,
4 3/4" blade. Both knives tangs are hollow ground to attain
perfect balance. The guard, a piece of chainsaw bar with the
slot filled with silver, accompanied by copper inserts.
A piece of British Columbia's cut forest.
The Kootenai was supplied with 2 sheaths. One at 70 degrees to be worn at the front, and a standard Kootenai lace sheath. (Click on picture)
The Wiseman has a 6" recovered L6 steel blade. Pacific Northwest yew scales with a moose antler butt held with a titanium lanyard insert that is threaded screwed through the tang and peened.
The 8 oz. leather sheath is handstitched, equipped with a copper lined paracord hold, a leg tie and braided lanyard system for one-handed use and absolute security of the knife in its sheath.
Please visit our Adze page.
Handmade Paring Knives
- utility knives and small choppers
Paring knives that fit in your hand... an extension of your arm, tough, and strong.
Tough enough to sheath and bring as a knife for a hike or hunt. Strong enough to carve wood with and hold a razor edge.
Aki and I have made at least 25 different styles. These 3 are the most popular blade shapes.
Broken Island
Odd Job's
Carolyn
Chilcotin
Handforged, hardened and differentially tempered.
New and Featured Knives and Tools
Woodcarving Tools.
-skews and slicks
Bush and Camp Set
Framing Chisels
- A five piece set of timberframing hand tools
The Kirsten has a 4", hand forged, full tang D2 steel blade and moose antler scales lined with walnut.
The knife features copper and antler inserts behind the guard with a copper lanyard insert and a braided lanyard that locks the knife in its sheath for absolute security.
The Kirsten knife
The "Greek Wiseman" knife
This Wiseman has a 7" handforged full tang L6 blade with moose antler scales, a brass and copper guard with a copper lanyard insert.
The braided lanyard system allows one
handed operation and locks the knife
into its sheath.
The knife features a steel butt that has
been welded to the tang and is
tempered for abuse.
The handstitched 8 oz leather sheath is equipped with a pouch and diamond sharpening stone.
We make many different Wisemans but the blade shape remains Nessmuk/Mountain Man, versatile, tough and strong.
We will make any shape or size of skew or slick to fit the wood carving job at hand.
These have 5mm (3/16") thick sawblade steel handforged to a 5 degree on each side of the beveled edge. They are 48cm (19") overall.
These three also have spalted apple wood handles.
If you want a custom skew send us a design. Contact us.
Please visit our Slicks and Skews page
We recover the finest quality high carbon steel from lumber mills in central British Columbia. Hand forged, hardened and then differentially tempered, the timberframe chisels we make are strong, well balanced and hold a superb edge.
These framer's chisels have hard tight grained plum wood handles and the slick has an apple handle.
We like to wrap a bit of leather on the handles for comfort and an excellent grip.
We hand forge, harden and differentially temper the L6 steel - we don't use a pneumatic hammer.
Our focus is on the edge, balance, comfort and
functional design. Each tool is unique and what
we consider working art.
The balance of function and beauty, the two enhance,
not detract from each other.
They come with handmade 8 oz leather tip sleeves.
Please visit our Framing Chisels page
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