Knife handles materials run a gamut from plain to showy, commonplace to rare. Synthetic materials like G10 and Micarta are practical and affordable, while makers prize carbon fiber for its lightness ...

Pocket knives come equipped with handles of all types: plastic, nylon, titanium, wood, stone, even bone. But over the last decade or so, ebony, a wood that comes from several tropical species of tree, ...

Victor Smith’s hunting knives are objects of beauty, yet utilitarian as well. Marketed to hunters, they are intended for dressing meat in the field, but would also be at home in a display case. (Any ...

This video showcases the process of making my first knife, using an old hardened file to eliminate the need for heat treatment. The grinding was kept cool by continuously spraying it with water. The ...