The following interview is with craftsman Adam LaFon, owner of LaFon Handmade: Are you from Buffalo? If not what brought you here? I’m actually a pretty recent transplant. I moved to Buffalo from ...

HOT SPRINGS – Local custom knife maker Rodney Watts has announced that his second annual Guest Maker Series will take place next week, July 17-19, and feature renowned “slip joint folder maker” Bill ...

L.A. bladesmith Nicholas Berkofsky hand-forges stunning knives and jewelry that are designed to “feel good in the hand.” His first project after losing his home in the Eaton fire? A limited-edition ...

The production of knives flourished in Sakai due to the rich history of traditional metal processing techniques. Richard A. Brooks/AFP via Getty Images Eighty-five-year-old Etsuro Ikegami wipes the ...

MIDVALE, IDAHO • He almost blushes as he pulls out the knife he keeps in his jeans pocket — a folding knife purchased through a mail-order catalog for $20. "I can't keep a knife," Dwight Towell says ...

According to the old adage, a knife is only as good as the one who wields it, but in the case of Karma Knives, a locally ...

Chelsea Miller started making custom knives in 2011 and has grown her client list to include some of the top chefs in the world. Business Insider visited her Brooklyn studio to learn how she does it.

As careful as Dan Eastland is, he still tends to get cut a lot. Fileted flesh is par for the course when your life’s work is building custom knives. Eastland has sliced and diced and punctured himself ...

Eighty-five-year-old Etsuro Ikegami wipes the wet blade across my fingers like I’m taking part in an initiation ceremony. His gaze never leaves my face. He wants to know if I feel the burr on the edge ...