Custom Cutlery by Don B

Custom Cutlery by Don B I offer hand forged custom knives and I specialize in chef knives. My knives are guaranteed against normal wear and usage.

I’m about done with this 5” coil spring belt knife. The handle is deer antler, Mexican Ebony, and a leather spacer to lo...
06/02/2026

I’m about done with this 5” coil spring belt knife.

The handle is deer antler, Mexican Ebony, and a leather spacer to lock it all together. There is a brass piece to protect the face of the wood on the accent piece too.

On to the sheath.

I have this 6” santoku chef knife about ready to ship. I’m quite pleased with how it turned out.The blade is acid etche...
05/31/2026

I have this 6” santoku chef knife about ready to ship. I’m quite pleased with how it turned out.

The blade is acid etched and stone washed. The handle is walnut with a piece of rainbow swirl kirinite. It also has a yellow G10 spacer.

I’m done with the build on this mini broke back seax. It has a 4 1/2” blade with a rosewood handle, antler accent piece...
05/31/2026

I’m done with the build on this mini broke back seax. It has a 4 1/2” blade with a rosewood handle, antler accent piece, and a leather spacer.

On to the sheath.

And…I forged this one for myself.

I have a little cleaning up to do on this one, including putting a sharp on her.10” chef knife forged from a piece of W...
05/31/2026

I have a little cleaning up to do on this one, including putting a sharp on her.

10” chef knife forged from a piece of W2 tool steel. The handle is orange Osage with an accent piece of Mexican ebony. It has black and G10 spacers too.

I’m getting close to finishing this one. It’s an 8 1/2” Japanese style kiritsuke chef knife. The blade is acid etched ...
05/29/2026

I’m getting close to finishing this one. It’s an 8 1/2” Japanese style kiritsuke chef knife. The blade is acid etched and stone washed.

Mystery wood handle and yes, the customer wanted a shorter than usual handle.

This is my take on a Japanese Nakiri. The blade is 7” long and 2 1/4” wide. This one was built from an old concrete cu...
05/29/2026

This is my take on a Japanese Nakiri. The blade is 7” long and 2 1/4” wide. This one was built from an old concrete cutting blade.

The handle is a sandwich construction of dark mystery wood withy a light piece of Lati. The accent piece is a piece of rainbow swirl kirinite. It also has a yellow G10 spacer.

Now on to make a sleeve for it.

Here are five that survived the quench and have been tempered. I soak them in vinegar to take the forge scale off befor...
05/21/2026

Here are five that survived the quench and have been tempered. I soak them in vinegar to take the forge scale off before I start sanding the blades.

I have the handle for the 6” santoku blade almost built. All will have multipiece handles. Lots of work for the next few days.

Five quenched this morning and going through their first tempering cycle of two.And it's not even 0500 yet...
05/20/2026

Five quenched this morning and going through their first tempering cycle of two.

And it's not even 0500 yet...

Ok, these are the last blades I’m forging for a few day. With these, I have 5 ready for the quench. I’ll start getting...
05/19/2026

Ok, these are the last blades I’m forging for a few day. With these, I have 5 ready for the quench. I’ll start getting them in the oil in the morning.

Besides polishing, then comes quite a bit of work building concealed tang handles.

My hammer hand needs a break so it’s all good 😀

Six inch santoku chef knife and a little neck knife.

These are 3 that have been forged and hammer marks ground out. I just ran them through a normalization cycle and I thin...
05/17/2026

These are 3 that have been forged and hammer marks ground out. I just ran them through a normalization cycle and I think I’ll put them through 3 of them.

One is a bit longer version of a mini seax I just forged for someone. This one is also hammered out of a piece of coil spring.

The other 2 are chef knives. The smaller one is from a piece of W2 tool steel and the 10” one from 1060 spring steel.

Sure hope they survive the quench…

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