Custom, Hand forged Working Knives
A hand forged, differentially tempered dropped point blade. With a slight belly, flat ground from the 4mm, 3/16 spine, full hollow ground tang and balanced at the guard this 10.625cm, 4 1/2 inch long blade is tough. We used a piece of a processor saw bar, filled the chain slot with silver, to create the guard. Copper, cocobolo and copper inserts with black walnut scales secured with 5 stainless threaded pins and a threaded copper lanyard insert make up this handle. The braided lanyard includes a handmade antler bead woven into it. Balanced and comfortable with a brilliant edge that lasts.
The scabbard is made from 8 oz leather,
hand stitched, handtooled and custom fit.
The scabbard is also available with a snap
or a longer lanyard for security instead of ties.
Item # HK01 Price: $725
A bush survival knife. The Boar has a 8 or 10" long blade, 5 1/2" handle, 1/4 " thick spine. Hand forged from circular 6 foot x 5/16 inch headsaw steel and differentially tempered. It holds an exceptional edge. Balanced at the brass guard, the guard is brazed and pinned. Brass, deer antler and copper inserts, moose antler scales held with 1/4" threaded and peened brass pins make up the handle. The sheath is handmade, tooled and stitched by hand. A leg tie is provided on sheath for blades 8" and longer.
A strong and tough knife.
Price, 8" $1100
10" $1300
Item # HK41
This utility knife has attitude. We make small tough knives with 3.5mm thick spines, 3" full tang blades and 4" moose antler handles. Hand forged D2 high carbon steel, full flat grind with a convex honing edge at 22 degrees. It will hold a hair popping edge. It is a reliable tool for camping, hiking, hunting, fishing, cutting rope and a fine carving knife.
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Contact us and we will make a knife for you.
Item # HK18.
Starting at $475
Fine utility knives
The Boar Knife
Handmade Fillet Knives
Wood handles, brass or copper guards, 20cm (8 inch) blade and 1.5mm (3/64") thick, full tang. The bandsaw steel we recover from a local machine shop is very flexible with incredible tensile strength after our heat treatment. Ideal for filleting and butchering. It keeps a razor edge much longer than you are use to.. Being of carbon steel, is easy to sharpen. to a extreme slicing edge.
Item # KK15
Starting at $750
Heavy duty cleavers. .625cm (1/4 inch) Handforged, hardened and differentially tempered high carbon lumber mill saw blade steel. An 18.75cm, 71/2" razor sharp cutting edge that holds, full tang with a moose antler handle. The saw teeth make a great meat tenderizer. We set them in apple or cherry wood knot blocks. This cleaver is like no other. A beautiful tool to use. For hunters, butchers and cooks.
Item # KK17
Starting at $675.
All of our knives come with a custom fit, 8 to 10 oz hand made, hand stitched leather sheath and a lifetime guarantee. All prices are in Canadian dollars.
Our catalogue is a reference. If you see a knife or a combination you like we'll custom make it for you, same price. Contact us. All prices are in Canadian dollars.
Handmade, High Carbon Bushcraft & Hunting Knives from British Columbia, Canada.
Tools and Knives
CARIBOO BLADES
Crown Camp knife
Moose Point
Skinning Knives
This custom skinning knife has a hand forged 3" long, 1/8" thick spine, D2 high carbon steel blade. It keeps a brilliant razor edge. The 2/3 tang is inserted into the moose antler point handle and secured with 3 threaded brass pins The brass bolster is brazed and pinned. We wrap and fasten leather for a sure grip and a comfortable fit. The sheath is hand made, handsewn and handtooled from 8 oz saddle leather.
Item # HK13. Starting at $425.
We make all the edge tools and knives traditional and sustainable ways, to last generations. All the quality steel we recover. We hand forge and differentially temper each blade, custom make and handstitch our scabbards. Each is one of a kind. We live off the grid in isolation on the edge of the Chilcotin Plateau in the boreal forest of B.C. and use the tools we make. Tried, true and tested. All Cariboo Blades knives carry a lifetime guarantee.
Juniper Deer Knife
Maple Tiger
Hand forged from 1/4" thick headsaw`steel . A 17.5cm (7 inch) long, flat ground blade from the 5mm thick spine. Balanced with a hollow ground full tang. The wood scales are secured with 1/8" diameter stainless
steel threaded pins. We've added elk antler
and copper inserts. A piece of log processor
steel and silver guard is welded to the tang.
The full length of the steel is differentially
tempered to keep an superb strong edge
while toughening the blade, adding tensile
strength.
Item # HK02 Starting at $800.
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 Saw tooth Cleavers
Kirsten knife
Please click on pictures.
Mountain Caribou
-Bush Knife
HK31
Fillet knife that is on the stiffer side. A hard razor edge. Made for larger fish like spring salmon and halibut. It will slice through bones without any problem and keep its razor edge. It has an 11" (27.5 cm) differentially tempered L6 blade set into a moose antler handle with copper and antler inserts and a copper guard.
These smaller knives are great utility, nice fishing, caping and skinning knives. The sheaths are designed to hang around your neck or on your belt, a "Neck Knife". Always handy and out of the way. We hardened and differentially tempered L6 or D2 quality carbon steel. It holds an exceptional edge. The moose antler point handle is held with threaded brass pins. We can braid leather for
sure grip on your handle if you'd like.
The blades are 1 1/2" - 2" long with a dropped point.
Custom Butchers' Cleavers
Hunting Sets
The Moose Knife
Handmade Ulus
Kootenai
The Wiseman Bushcraft Knife
A Mountain Man/Nessmuk
From a 2 metre (6') 5/16" thick headsaw blade , we cut our shape and put it in the forge. The blade is hammered by hand in directed blows creating a bevel from spine to edge. A belly is hammered and flared into the blade. The blade is forged from the handle 5 mm thick to the tip at 1.5 mm (1/16"). The tang is hammered into an hourglassed shape creating a thickness growing into the blade and at the butt.
After the forging is done the tang is then hollow ground for perfect balance.
When the blade is finished the scales are shaped to fit the inside curves of the hollow ground tang then screwed together with threaded pins. We can use stainless or brass pins.
The headsaw steel we recover and forge into blades is both a very tough and a very strong steel. The handforging, hardening and tempering process, combined with this fine steel creates an edge that performs and stays razor sharp. The final step is differentially tempering the spine. This step creates more toughness and will allow you to hit the spine like a froe to split wood, draw the knife, dig holes, pry and perform many other chores.
This process from the beginning is challenging. Dealing with
a 200 kg blade with teeth. We have worked with this
quality steel for 12 years.
5 mm thick, full taper, full thinned out hollow ground tang, 15 cm (6") blade. Fit with Crab apple wood scales set with threaded pins, peened, a threaded copper lanyard insert, peened, and Elk antler scales pinned to the butt of the 5 1/2" handle. It is tough.
Braided lanyards and one handed locking lanyards for absolute security are optional. All lour leather products are handmade/handstitched .
Aki prefers to use hand tools.
Item # HK40
Starting at $675
High carbon M-42 steel fillet knives. 7 inches long blade 1/32 of an inch thick and differentially tempered. Brass guard and an antler crown handle. The tang is inserted 3" into the antler and then pinned with threaded stainless or brass pins. Great flex in this steel.
A meat filleting knife as well as a boning, butchering and vegetable slicing tool. A fine kitchen knife. It comes with a full handmade, tooled and handstitched sheath designed and made by Aki. Every knife is unique.
Item # KK19
Starting at $475
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My personal carry. Handforged from high carbon 72" headsaw steel. The blade is 7" long, 1/4" thick at the spine, and tapers down to a razor edge. A hollow ground full tang set into a unique antler crown with six stainless steel threaded pins. A seventh threaded brass pin holds a walnut insert in the hump on the spine for comfort. The bolster is handforged copper, pinned and brazed to the tang. It has a copper and an antler insert. This knife is tough and was built as a heavy duty working knife. Hardened and differentially tempered to keep an exceptional edge. The overall length is 11 and 3/4".
We used this knife and built a 10 x 20' greenhouse from fir saplings, peeled and notched, batoning, drawing and chopping. When we were finished it still had a razor edge. We've gutted, skinned and quartered a few moose with this knife so far and it has performed exceptionally. We can make you one-of-a-kind bush knive with this same proven blade shape.
The scabbard is handmade and handstitched out of saddle grade 8 oz. leather by artisan Aki Yamamoto
Item # HK27
Starting at $1200.
For 13 years we've been powered by the sun.
We make our blades from recovered lumber mill quality steel.
We have different Custom made Ulus for hunting, bushcraft, camping and kitchen in a Canadian style.
We make them from Lumber mill bandsaw steel.
Hardened and differentially tempered.
Watch your fingers.
Please view our Ulu page.
Moose point
Neck Knives
The original Wiseman was developed and designed with a generous customer..
Handmade Straight Razors
Handforged from gang saw high carbon steel . The blade is flat ground from spine to edge. Easy to hone and holds its razor cut. Held in a moose antler handle. Carved from one piece of antler, stabilized, and perfectly fit.
Item # HK50
Starting at $375
Item # HK45
Starting at $325
Shaped as a spearpoint. Handforged and differentially tempered, 5mm spine, 4 3/4 inch long blade. The tang is full and hollow ground for balance. The bevels are full and flat with a small convex secondary bevel. The brass guard is brazed and pinned in place. Antler and copper inserts with tiger maple wood scales pinned with threaded brass make up the handle. The copper lanyard insert is threaded and screwed through the tang securing a moose antler butt. This knife is tough and keeps a strong, exceptional edge.
A handstitched 8 oz. leather sheath
is designed and handmade
by Aki Yamamoto
Item # HK22 Price $725
Crown Fillet
Halibut Fillet
Chilcotin Knives
Handforged from saw blade steel. A full tang, 3.5mm spine,
dropped point with 5" of blade. Full flat grind with a convex
secondary bevel. Differentially tempered and holds a strong
keen edge.
A "kicked back" handle and a knuckle shaped spine on the Moore and an arched spine on the Gwaii. Moose antler scales pinned with threaded brass and stainless steel, a piece of log processor bar guard with the chain slot filled with silver. There are leather and brass inserts with the Moore having a cocobolo butt keyed in and held with threaded brass.
Item # HK43
5" blade price, $585.
7" blade price, $685.
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10 inch blade
8 inch blade
Chilcotin
Boning Knife
For your field kit.
The full tang 6" blade is made from lumbermill L6 bandsaw blade steel. Hardened and differentially tempered to keep a razor edge. We used spalted applewood scales with stainless steel threaded pins for the handle.
The guard is a piece of processor bar with a thin section of copper shim brazed to it. We enveloped the guard in brass then ground out its shape.
The sheath is made from 8 oz leather, custom fit, hand stitched and reinforced with a welt and rivets.
Item HK49
Price: $465
The "Odd Jobs" knife
It is the general purpose knife. From a fishing/ hunting tool to a favorite paring knife in the kitchen.
The knife on the left has a 3 ¼ inch full tang, hand forged, high carbon gangsaw steel blade that holds a razor edge and is easy to sharpen. Juniper wood scale with copper and antler inserts and a brass guard make up its 5 1/4" handle.
Item HK51
Price, $395 with a deep sheath.
"It is so handy in both size and balance the blade provides a solution for many odd job tasks.
It is such a fantastic design". Thank you. Dennise
Yew scales, without a lanyard
Antler scales, a steel butt
and a brass guard.
