Unique Knives & Tools
Every knife and tool we’ve made since Cariboo Blades was created in 1997 is unique. One of a kind. We’ve made 1000’s of knives and tools with art and soul. Survival knives that will not fail, woodworking tools and kitchen knives that will serve you well for generations.
Guaranteed for quality of craftsmanship and materials.
Handmade chef knife. 250mm carbon steel blade for slicing.
We make Survival Knives from lumber mill saw blades.
Survival knife with a steel butt for hammering and smashing
The highest quality and arguably the best survival knives on the internet. Art & Soul.
Chilcotin sky. British Columbia. Our front yard.
Up-cycling and re-purposing quality carbon steels.
Carbon saw blade steel from the lumber mills, an excellent steel to handcraft survival knives and woodcarving tools. Our steel comes from the industry harvesting the boreal forest.
You can make your own knife from carbon steel using an article we wrote for the Canadian Woodworking and Home Improvement Magazine on how to make your own carving knives. It is detailed and concise. https://canadianwoodworking.com/project/traditional-hook-knife-2/
The Environment.
When a machine enters a pristine wilderness it is not pristine anymore.
Saw Blade Knives
Hand Forged Knives and Tools
Oil is the cheap energy source that is proving to be very expensive
Copper and steel.
Lumber Mill High Carbon Saw Blade Steel
Big head sawblades that bucked up big trees. 4 1/2 and 6 feet, 1100 and 1800 pounds with teeth. We remove the teeth when we get home.
Powered by the sun.
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a slide show. the carbon steel we forge into blades.
powered by the sun.
Original designs. Working knives and tools. Each piece is a part of the boreal forest.
The “working forest” (BC’s government) is 60 million hectares (149 million acres). A speck surrounded by crown land in the working forest is where we are.
We are Canadian custom knife makers.
Please visit our Process page.