Two years ago I asked Sergio Menchaca, of Texas Sage Forge, to make me an eight-inch chef’s knife. For the blade’s raw material, I sent him the mid-century steel hoof testers that my father, who is ...

“The heat, the hammering, creating something out of nothing, it’s absolutely addicting.” That is how knife smith Sergio Menchaca describes forging a hand-crafted knife and his passion for the forge ...

A good chef’s knife is a central player in your kitchen lineup. Most chefs will tell you that you should have a Western blade for methodical chopping and a Japanese-style knife for more delicate prep.

As a carpenter, David Root has always been interested in hand tools. Originally from Santa Fe, he wanted to move to a smaller rural community and have a product he could sell locally. Root ran across ...