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 ...

A rusty old file is transformed into a handmade knife featuring a carved wooden shark handle. The creator cools the blade ...

These knives are just incredible to look at, with a mirror-shiny finish, hand-hammered dimpled tsuchime texture to prevent sticking, and Damascus steel–style swirling pattern along the edge. The ...

Before a knife ever loses its edge, it usually picks up a few bad habits. Hard surfaces, rushed cleaning, careless storage.

One New Year’s resolution most of us probably forgot to make was to show the wooden workhorses of our kitchen the respect they deserve. Those cutting boards, butcher blocks, spoons, knife handles and ...