Old Smithies Forge

Old Smithies Forge Bladesmithing and knife sharpening service

Commission finished up for an ex-chef. He had a Smithes Forge petty bought for him from Yorkshire Sculputre Park and dec...
27/05/2025

Commission finished up for an ex-chef. He had a Smithes Forge petty bought for him from Yorkshire Sculputre Park and decided he also wanted a larger piece to go with it. The handle is done to match the petty, but this one deserves its own saya.

A return customer wanted a boning and carving fork making to go with the chef's I made him last year. He also shipped up...
02/03/2024

A return customer wanted a boning and carving fork making to go with the chef's I made him last year. He also shipped up the chef's as it was due for some tlc.

The chef's and boning handles are from the same piece of wood. One more heavily used than the other. All made from high carbon steel. We decided to keep the patina on the chef's as it tells a story of the services he's done.

I service and sharpen any of the pieces I've made free of charge expect shipping fees if needed.

**Available** I don't usually ask but if you could kindly share. Somebody you know may want it if you don't. Thank you.1...
08/05/2023

**Available** I don't usually ask but if you could kindly share. Somebody you know may want it if you don't. Thank you.

180mm integral Western chef. Laser thin with a slight convex grind. In house damascus with a Jamaican raintree handle. There a few spots of scale left on the blade due to a rouge hammer blow but I think it adds to the handmade nature of the piece. Performance is totally unaffected.

*Available* fancy smanchy damascus pizza cutter with brass guard and some lovely stabilised tree. There's two different ...
08/05/2023

*Available* fancy smanchy damascus pizza cutter with brass guard and some lovely stabilised tree. There's two different damascus patterns in this. A random pattern for the blade and some of the powered 3D printed insert pattern I made last year using a technique helped develop. Brass barrel nut and washer was made by .

Thanks for looking.

It's a thing that most other things that look like this don't have this thing. No it's wasn't supposed to be a bottle op...
06/05/2023

It's a thing that most other things that look like this don't have this thing. No it's wasn't supposed to be a bottle opener, though that would have been cool if slightly dangerous. Horizontal top tang with brass pins, arty farty 190mm k-tip with a new technique for a forced patina which is my favourite part of this build. Should I do more stuff like this? Let me know in the comments. Have a good crowning an old dude day ✌

30/07/2022

Bit of refine forging this morning.

Well, that was a bu**er to hand sand. My largest kitchen piece to date. It push the limit of the gear that I have such a...
17/07/2022

Well, that was a bu**er to hand sand. My largest kitchen piece to date. It push the limit of the gear that I have such as etching tanks and sanding supports.

260mm k-tip/bunka with a few curves.

Available on Etsy this evening.

Integral gyuto in patchwork damascus. Left with a forge finished spine. This batch of powdered steel doesn't want to etc...
22/05/2022

Integral gyuto in patchwork damascus. Left with a forge finished spine. This batch of powdered steel doesn't want to etch like usual but it clearly shows the 3 steel used.

This one is for a custom order.

Two modern and two old materials in this nakiri.150 year old + wrought iron jacket, wood, high carbon modern steel core ...
21/05/2022

Two modern and two old materials in this nakiri.
150 year old + wrought iron jacket, wood, high carbon modern steel core and expoy.

The wrought was gifted to us when we visited 🙏🏻.

Mono steel gyuto. Hamon. Friction fit saya.
21/05/2022

Mono steel gyuto. Hamon. Friction fit saya.

Random pattern damascus integral nakiri. Heirloom fit stabilised handle. The damascus is made by us here in Barnsley.Thi...
21/05/2022

Random pattern damascus integral nakiri. Heirloom fit stabilised handle. The damascus is made by us here in Barnsley.

This will be on esty shortly.

The reach on the page has been awful lately with soft bans on certain content by IG. If you would like to support us, any shares, likes and saves really help 🙏🏻

A little 4" paring knife made up to the customer's spec. Made for a local chef. 🔪
08/03/2021

A little 4" paring knife made up to the customer's spec. Made for a local chef.
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