A quality chef knife transforms cooking from a chore into pure enjoyment. With New West KnifeWorks, you're investing in a lifelong tool, crafted to make every meal an experience.
We offer a range of chef knives, each one designed to be your go-to for 90% of tasks. Read on to find the perfect match.
New West KnifeWorks take on the Japanese style blade is one of our signature knives, and not just because the Teton Mountain range is etched onto its blade. The etching helps separate food from the knife. Our version of the Santoku knife adds a “Western” sensibility to the classic shape. The curved belly of the blade allows for more of a rocking motion than a traditional Santoku, which is designed for more of a straight up and down chopping motion. The wide blade makes scooping food of the cutting board easy.
"A great gift for your favorite chef."
- Food and Wine
Hunter Lewis, the editor in chief of Food & Wine Magazine, described this knife as his “Best Friend in the Kitchen.” While The 9 is a longer knife, many customers have noted that it has the best balance of any knife they’ve ever held. The generous curve of the belly allows for both straight, smooth slicing or rocking motion. The blade is wider than the Kidder and ample enough for scooping ingredients from the cutting board.
"My best friend in the kitchen"
- Food & Wine Magazine
This knife was designed by NWKW’s knife-maker in chief, Corey Milligan. Corey’s brother-in-law, Chris Kidder is a professional, “uber-chef” in Southern California. The knife is almost 12” in length. But don’t be scared by that-- the learning curve adjusting to a longer knife is actually very quick. Once you get the hang of the extra length, you’ll never want to be without it. The “French-style” shape lends itself to a slicing motion. With practice, this knife will do all the work for you.
"An amazing knife. A lot more light and playful than you'd expect."
- Chef Cassina Brown, Trio, Jackson Hole
Our knives are crafted with CPM S35VN steel, and the 8” blade shape truly brings out the best in this top-tier American metal. Sharp, resilient, and lightweight, this knife features a tapered tip for precision slicing that “bites” right into your ingredients. It’s an ideal choice for those who want the agility and ease of an ultra-light, thin 8” blade without sacrificing durability.
"A Joy in my Kitchen."
- NPR
Celebrating 27 years of crafting knives in the Greater Yellowstone area, the Yellowstone BBQ Knife is a tribute to our roots in cattle country and a must-have for every pitmaster. In partnership with Chef Gator Guilbeau from Yellowstone, we designed this knife to be a powerhouse, combining super-steel CPM S35VN with a rugged desert ironwood handle. Whether you’re at the chuckwagon, spike camp, or in your own backyard, this knife brings Western grit and cutting-edge performance to your barbecue.
"Light as a feather and perfect!"
- Gabriel “Gator” Guilbeau
Designed with a Navy SEAL, the TOC is the ultimate outdoor chef and camp knife, built for everything from cooking to campsite tasks. With CPM S35VN super-steel, a .150" tang for stability, and Barracuda™ serrations for clean cuts through food or rope, this knife brings unmatched toughness and versatility. Its agile clip point can handle fine tasks and tough situations alike—truly a “Jack of All Trades” for the outdoors.
"Endlessly useful and rad as hell."
- Outside Magazine
At 6”, this is definitely smaller than a full size chef knife, it’s a hybrid “utility” knife. It performs well on the cutting board AND is light and agile enough in the hand to use as a large paring knife. If you had to have one knife with you on a deserted island to do everything-- this would be it. The Petty is our most famous knife. In addition to being featured in the New York Times, it was also chosen by two of the chefs from Bon Appetit’s Test kitchen as their favorite knife.
"The ultra giftable knife your food friends don't already have."
- Bon Appétit
At 5” the Chopper is definitely shorter than a traditional chef knife. But for people who find a large knife intimidating or prefer the compact size and shape, this special-purpose kitchen knife will perform all the tasks you need from a full-size chef knife. This is our famous “Salsa” knife-- it works great on all those veggies AND has a generously wide blade for scooping the ingredients into a pan or bowl.
"Combines artistic nuance with the attention to detail usually reserved for technical machines."
- Paleo Magazine
While many of our knives are designed for culinary samurai, this one is for the kitchen cowboy. As the name implies, it’s all Western. Japanese blade-making favors light-weight, super-sharp blades for agile slicing. The Western Chef is about heft and power, sporting a heavy, almost cleaver-width blade for hacking, chopping, and dicing. Given the choice, if your hands itch for a two-handed broadsword rather than a rapier or katana, look no further, this knife is for you. Keep it in your knife roll or wear it on your chaps — the Western Chef will have you ready for the rodeo when things get Western in your kitchen.
"The West's Best Knife."
- Sunset
What other knives do you need after you have selected a great cutting board knife? See our What Knives Do I Need Page to learn more.
