Hand forged Xcutlery knife

Hand Forged Kitchen Knives and Meat Cleavers

HAMMERED. NOT STAMPED.

High carbon steel chef knives, meat cleavers and butcher knives, forged by hand. Built like your grandfather's.
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Hand Forged Knives Trusted by Real Cooks

  • 250,000+customers
  • 5+ yearsat the forge
  • 4.9/5average rating
  • Hand forged, never factory made

    Every blade is shaped by fire and hammer, one at a time.

  • Lifetime warranty

    If we forged it, we stand behind it. For life.

  • Free shipping, USA and Australia

    No minimum order and no games at checkout.

  • 30 day returns

    Changed your mind? Send an unused knife back within 30 days.

FIRE HAMMER STEEL REPEAT

Hand Forged the Old Way. The Loud Way.

Most knives are made fast, cheap, and by the ten thousand. They show up sharp, go dull in a month, and end up in a drawer.

Ours are forged the way smiths have done it for centuries: high carbon steel heated until it glows, then hammered again and again into a thick, heavy blade with the forge scale left on the flats and a polished edge below.

High carbon steel takes a keen edge and comes back with a few passes on a whetstone, the full tang is held by steel pins, and every knife carries a lifetime warranty against defects in materials and craftsmanship.

No production lines. No shortcuts. Just fire, steel, and centuries of craft, one blade at a time.

★★★★★ Trusted by 250,000+ badass cooks who switched to real steel.

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XCUTLERY

Hammered one at a time
Full tang, steel end to end
High carbon steel, holds its edge
One of a kind hammer marks
Lifetime warranty
Free shipping to the USA and Australia

THE STAMPED KNIFE

Cut from sheet steel by the thousand
Often a partial tang
Edge depends on the steel you got
Identical and forgettable
Warranty terms vary by brand
Shipping often extra
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  • Razor sharp

    Every edge arrives sharp and ready to cut the day it lands.

  • Free shipping

    On every order to the USA and Australia. No minimum.

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  • 250,000+ customers

    Home cooks, pitmasters and hunters who cut with our steel.

Hand Forged Knife Questions, Straight Answers

  • Really, truly hammer-and-fire forged. Every blade is shaped individually from high carbon steel. No stamping, no production lines, which is exactly why no two are identical.
  • High carbon steel on every knife we make. Hard steel that takes a serious edge and holds it, and every knife is full tang.
  • FREE across the USA (from Austin, TX) and Australia (from Melbourne, VIC). Everywhere else on the planet: rates at checkout.
  • Absolutely. Tell us your blade length, steel, and handle wood and we forge it from scratch in 2 to 3 weeks. Contact us to start.
  • Materials and craftsmanship (tang, handle, pins) covered for life. If we built it wrong, we fix it or replace it. Period.

About Xcutlery

Hand Forged High Carbon Steel Kitchen Knives

Xcutlery makes hand forged kitchen knives and meat cleavers from high carbon steel. Every blade is forged in the Serbian style, with forge scale or hammer texture left on the flats, a polished edge and a full tang held by steel pins.

  • Free shipping to the USA and Australia
  • Ships from Austin, Texas and Melbourne, Victoria
  • In stock knives delivered in 5 to 6 business days
  • Made to order knives forged in 2 to 3 weeks
  • Lifetime warranty against defects in materials and craftsmanship
  • 30 day returns on unused knives

LIFE'S TOO SHORT FOR DULL KNIVES.

Real steel. Real fire. Real reviews. Free USA and Australia shipping.