Care and Maintenance

Your knife is constructed of the most durable possible materials and will give a lifetime of service as long as you follow a few simple practices.

Learn how to sharpen your knives with our Knife Maintenance and Sharpening 101 guide!

Don't put your knife in the dishwasher. Avoid soaking in water for extended periods of time. Wash with hot soap and water. Dry.

Cut only on wooden or softer plastic cutting boards. Granite, glass, stone, corian, metal, ceramic or any other very hard material should never be used. They will quickly dull the knife and possibly chip or otherwise permanently damage the blade.

These knives unless otherwise mentioned are designed for cutting/slicing foods for that reason we use steel that is ideal for edge holding, extreme sharpness and sharpenability. The steel is not suitable for cutting ice, frozen items or bones. These very hard items can chip the blades.

Your knife has a high enough corrosion resistance to warrant a stainless rating. The more carbon there is in a knife, the better it will hold an edge, but the less it will resist stain (the beginnings of rust). Because it holds an incredible edge, your knife can stain if left exposed to corrosives. For this reason it should be washed and dried after every use. If a stain appears, scrub with soap, water, and a mildly abrasive pad (the abrasive side of a two-sided sponge, green Scotch pad, or SOS pad).

If you have any of our custom Damascus chef or hunting knives, it is important to oil them on occasion because these custom knives are more susceptible to corrosion. We use mineral oil in our shops. 

Use food safe practices by washing the knife before and after storage in the leather sheath.

Keep them sharp!

The amount a knife needs to be sharpened is totally dependent on how often the knife is used, but one sharpen per month is usually plenty for the home chef.

Honing steel, ceramic steel and sharpening stones are all good tools to use for keeping you knife razor sharp. Ceramic sharpening rods even work for our wave serration knives!

For even more details and a step by step guide on sharpening knives please read and watch How to Sharpen Knives.

Your knife may be returned at anytime for a "full tune-up" (re-polishing and re-sharpening) free of charge. 

How to Send Your Knife in for a Tune Up