Handmade knifemaking · Damascus steel

From fire and time
the edge is born.

Custom forged knives from Damascus steel. Two steels, dozens of layers, hardening and etching — only then it reveals what has been in the steel all along.

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Processs · from forge to edge

Five steps,
no shortcut.

HeatSteel into the forge, around 1200 °C it becomes malleable — color reveals temperature better than a thermometer.
WeldThe hammer joins two steels into one: hard steel carries the edge, tough steel the spine.
LayersThe strip is folded and welded again — from a few layers come dozens to hundreds, they draw the pattern.
QuenchingRed-hot blade into oil and immediately into the tempering oven, otherwise internal stress cracks it.
EtchingAcid colors each steel differently — and the Damascus pattern finally emerges.

The number of layers alone does not make a better knife. The cut is determined by steel, geometry, and heat treatment.

Blades · selected pieces

Each blade
is unique.

Damascus pattern cannot be repeated — two identical knives from this workshop do not exist. Prices are indicative, everything is custom.

180 layers, Nitro-V core

Knifemaker

At the forge,
not at a catalog.

I make knives by hand, from selecting the steels through forging and hardening to the handle and blade. No mass production, no imported semi-finished products — every knife passes through my forge and my whetstone.

— knifemaker, EDGE

Custom knife

Tell me,
what needs to cut.

Kitchen, hunting, pocket or gift? Write a few words about how you use the knife — I will get back to you with a suggestion for steel, shape, and an approximate price.

+420 776 508 777
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Forge, Horní Slavkov

Five steps, no shortcut.

Each blade is unique.

Kitchen santoku

Hunting knife

Folding pocket knife

Chef's knife

At the forge, not at a catalog.

Tell me, what needs to cut.

Five steps,
no shortcut.

Each blade
is unique.

At the forge,
not at a catalog.

Tell me,
what needs to cut.