Custom Handmade Knives
Hand Forged Survival Knives,
Handmade Ulus, Kitchen and Chef Knives,
Custom Handmade, Forged Woodcarving Knives
Unique Knives & Tools. Up-cycled, hand forged from quality carbon steel. Made to use for generations.
Living in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. Cariboo Blades. Since 1997.
Every knife and tool is unique. One of a kind, a piece of the forests that are history. Knives with intent. Hand forged survival knives, kitchen knives crooked knives and Pacific Northwest stye hook knives that will serve you well for generations.
Upcycled spent saw blades. Big blades, some 6 feet in diameter. Lumber mill carbon steel from the Cariboo region of B.C. along with moose, deer and elk antler, fruitwood and B.C. native wood types.
With Art and soul.
Lifetime guarantee for quality of craftsmanship and materials.
Handmade Chef Knives.
Handmade Gyuto Knives. 250mm carbon steel blade for slicing. Visit our chef knives page.
Unique Handmade Kitchen Knives
A hand forged sawtooth cleaver in an apple wood block. The edge is 200mm. The handle is 170mm long.
Its mate, a gyotu, has a 175mm long blade with a 150mm long handle.
Both have moose antler scales lined with juniper wood. The bolsters are brazed to the full tangs with copper. The bolsters are pieces of feller buncher chain saw bars.
The scales are held with stainless steel threaded pins.
We leave the patinas and heat treatment colours on the blades. Patinas help protect against rust. A patina effectively seals in the steel. We leave the patinas and temper patterns and colours untouched on the finished blades created from the differential clay hardening and the differential temper. The patinas tell a story of how the knife has been made and where it’s from.
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Living off-grid on the edge of the Chilcotin Plateau, BC, Canada, Powered by solar energy since 1997.
Forged Survival Knives from lumber mill saw blades.
The carbon steel hand forged blade is upcycled from lumber mill saw blade. A molybdenum, chromiun, nickel steel. Tough and wear resistant carbon steel that keeps a strong edge.
All Cariboo Blades knives come with a lifetime guarantee.
Survival knife edge. A head sawtooth is welded to the tang. Made for hammering and smashing. The guard is welded from the handle side and brazed with copper on the blade side.
From an Aspen Point Aki Yamamoto photograph
Surviving
Big head sawblades that bucked up big trees. 4 1/2 and 6 feet, 1100 and 1800 pounds with teeth. We remove the teeth when we get home.