An explosion of interest in bespoke, handmade knives is being fuelled by social media and reality television, with thousands turning out to see the "rock stars" of the knifemaking world at trade shows ...

Barryville — To custom knife maker Kurt Meerdink, knife-making is all about performance. "If my name goes on a knife, it absolutely cannot fail," he declares. The Sullivan County man crafts tactical ...

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 ...

Join us as we take DIY knife making to the next level by crafting a custom chef’s knife featuring a razor-blade cutting edge. Follow each step as we design the blade, shape aluminum, carve a wooden ...

In today’s episode, Will resumes work on the handle of the lotus chef's knife after four months, focusing on a complex curved ...

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 ...

In one room of the shop behind his home, Barry Davis does the finest of detail work, cutting minute crosshatch grids into mother-of-pearl and using watchmaking tools to drill half-millimeter-diameter ...

BUHL — A knife is a knife — unless the blade won’t hold an edge and ends up being tossed in a drawer. Reed Critchfield, owner of Sawtooth Knife Co., has encountered this situation many times in the ...

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.