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Custom Hand forged, High Carbon Working Knives & Tools
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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
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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.
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Garden Knives and Hoes -professional custom tools & 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.
This universal style kitchen knife 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 curly maple 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.
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New and Featured Knives and Tools
Framing Chisels
- A five piece set of timberframing hand tools
Please visit our Slicks and Skews page
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 timberframer's chisels shown have hard tight grained plum wood handles and the slick has an apple handle.
Wrapping a bit of leather on the handles for added comfort and an excellent grip.
Please visit our Framing Chisels page
Aki's pitheads, click.
Bushcraft Knives
-The Wiseman
-The Caribou
We'll customize your bushcraft knife to your needs. You can choose from a variety of wood or antler we have in stock, blade length and options built into your scabbard and knife.
Horseman's Knives.
- A Caribou, Canadian skinner and a shoeing knife.
All three knives are hand forged from tough lumber mill steel. Differentially tempered to withstand abuse and keep an excellent edge.
Caribou
Skinning knife
Farrier's knife
The Caribou has a small moose crown handle. The tang has been forged, hollow ground and inserted into 2/3rds of the antler, a custom fit and held with threaded brass pins. It has copper inserts and a brazed and pinned brass guard.
The blade is 6" long, has a 1/4" spine that tapers down to a wide convex secondary edge.
The scabbard has been built to fit onto the flank billet of your saddle. Fit with a braided tie to secure the Caribou to the scabbard and a tie and 2" belt loop to secure the scabbard to the billet. Tough. Made from 8oz. leather, waxed thread and saddle rivets. It won't fail.
Caribou
Back view showing the tie and the billet loop for absolute security.
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The skinning knife is forged lumber mill band saw steel. 4" of blade. The razer edge is tough. The tang is sliced 2//3rds into the mule deer
crown handle and held with threaded
brass pins. Copper inserts and a
brass guard.
The hoof knife is forged from gang
saw steel. 1/8" spine. 3" blade. It
keeps a razor edge.The tang is
sliced into a moose antler handle.
7" blade, yew scales, walnut liners, copper lanyard insert.
Our Nessmuk / Mountain Man bushcraft knives are hand forged from lumber mill headsaw blade steel hardened and differentially tempered for abuse while still keeping a superb edge. They come with 1/4" spines, 5 1/2" handles and a copper lanyard insert.
Our scabbards are made using 8 oz. leather and saddle rivets. Braided lanyards and one-handed locking lanyards for absolute security are optional. All our leather products are handmade/handstitched .
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.
Our slicks and skews are handforged from lumber mill steels.Strong steels like chipper, A8, planer, D2, or tougher steel like L6 or 15N20 headsaw and bandsaw.
Differentially tempered to hold a superb edge.
The Caribou has a 6", 5mm spine, full hollow ground tang blade, handforged from recovered lumber mill saw blade steel (6 foot headsaw). Differentially tempered for all the abuse you can throw at it while keeping its edge. We've welded on a steel butt backed with 1/4" of hide to absorb shock.
The handle is moose antler scales lined in walnut secured with threaded stainless pins, a copper lanyard insert, copper and leather inserts and a guard fashioned from processor bar pinned and welded to the tang.
The handmade/handstitched sheath is made from 8oz. leather, waxed thread, and saddle rivets. It has been reinforced for the braided lanyard to wrap around the sheath and loop over the butt of the Caribou for absolute security. A one- handed operation.
The Cariboo's mate Kootenai has a hand forged, differentially tempered 41/2" planer blade steel D2, blade. Scary sharp. Walnut scales, moose antler and copper inserts and a guard made from a piece of processor bar. The tang is hollow ground and tapered for balance.
The matching sheath handmade, handstitched and hand tooled has a braided line stitched into the scabbard. In combination with the Kootenai's braided lanyard the line loops over the Kootenai's butt for absolute security. Again, a one-handed operation.
Bush Set of knives
-a Mountain Caribou and its mate, Kootenai.
Caribou
Kootenai
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Chilcotin Camp Set
- a set of eight tools for your camp and the Caribou knife.
A customer had us re-condition and re-handle an antique butchers fork, a 10" butchers knife and a spatula. We made four custom camp/cook knives; a boning, 8" chef, a paring and a heavy duty bushcraft knife (Caribou knife) and a sharpening steel.
The tool roll is hand stitched from suede. One extra pocket was included.
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Custom Hand forged, High Carbon Working Knives & Tools
Images and Art from the Chilcotin, British Columbia, Canada
Wiseman
Crooked knives page.
Draw Knives
-for peeling, shaping and bushcraft.
We hand forge our draw knives from recovered lumber mill headsaw.They have 1/4 " spines, 2 1/2 - 3" wide blades with 5" full tang handles.
This one has a 5" edge bevelled at 20 degrees.
Hardened and differentially tempered to take abuse. They keep their razor sharp edge through the toughest of knots, chopping, shaping and peeling hard dry wood. Easy to sharpen up when you need to.
The set includes:
- a 7', 4mm spine boning knife.
- an 8" chef knife.
- 3 1/2" paring knife.
- 6", 5mm spine Mountain Caribou.
- 10" butcher knife.
- 16", 3/4" sharpening steel.
- a 15" 2 prong fork.
- 16" spatula
