Category Archives: How-To

Why Your Trusted Knife Needs Love Now – Using Custom Knife Oil in 2021

It cuts. It cuts again. And again, and again, and again. It does all the hard work for you, without a single complaint. Some would argue this is because custom knives can’t talk, “they’re just knives, Bo, stop being weird.” Those are just the naysayers, and your custom knife has needs. Believe me, if they […]

Buying a Custom Knife With “Face” – Why Your Next Knife in 2021 Needs To Own Its Look

A great custom knife is going to have a face. With Halloween in the rear view mirror, I’m not talking about buying a custom knife with a mask. I’m talking face. What’s face, you ask? I suppose that’s a fair question. We all know buying a custom knife is a decision that should not be […]

Fishing for Fillet Knives – Why You Need Quality Fishing Knives for the 2021 Season

You just hauled up a monster, didn’t you? Yeah you did, we know it. Hope you have your fishing knives. The patience and timing it required for you to bring that big guy in is something we are extremely jealous of; few of us here at BladesWork Unlimited possess those traits (looking at you, Christian). […]

Definitive Guide to Custom Culinary Cutlery and Kitchen Knives – June 2021

Thinking about cooking without good kitchen knives, huh?? Whether you have a brand new kitchen (or the ol’ tried-and-true) and are anything like a human stuck inside during a pandemic (almost there..), you likely have recently become an amateur, albeit celebrity, chef. I, myself, have tried my hand at it, and let me tell you, […]

Creating Handmade Knives – The Tailored Process for Your Handmade Tools in 2021

How handmade knives are made by the Forge Team at BladesWork Unlimited!

A Beginner’s Guide to Custom Knives in 2021

That’s a comforting title if I have ever seen one.  If it makes you feel any better, I almost titled it “Things to know about custom knives before talking to a bladesmith”, because, well, one wrong word and you better buckle in for a long (long..) class on the knife and blade smithing process.  To […]