Consider the knife. It is perhaps humankind’s oldest tool, dating back to dim pre-history when stones of flint were painstakingly “knapped” to form a crude cutting edge. Today, it is undoubtably the ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Russell Montgomery went from making coffee at Starbucks to making custom knives. Montgomery said he always liked knives and loved the idea of making them with his own two hands. He ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A custom knife shop in Jefferson City has moved down the street to a bigger location. It's a father-son business where fun has a place in their work day. "I was a machinist, a welder, a carpenter, ...

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.

HOUSTON, Texas -- Russell Montgomery went from making coffee at Starbucks to making custom knives. Montgomery said he always liked knives and loved the idea of making them with his own two hands. He ...