Alex Horn Knives

This handforged knife won the Best Chef Knife at the Damasteel Chef Invitational 2023

Alex Horn Knives

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This knife won Best Chef Knife at the Damasteel Chef Invitational ‘23
The European style chef knife was hand forged from DS93x Dense Twist with a butterscotch micarta handle secured with a Corby Bolt

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Hey friends, how are you? I hope you're doing well. It's safe to say that this year for me hasn't gone quite as expected.

I haven't made a knife in seven months.

In fact, I haven't really done much at all in seven months. The 2020 Alex could never

Hey everyone. Been a while. Sorry if I missed anything important.

Taking a little break from my break. I'll catch you up later.

One for the road:
"The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place"

I'm gonna go ahead and say that these are my last two of the year.

Really random random damascus and some pretty killer Suminigashi. The steel for both of these was forge welded using the 500lb Bradley so obviously they're inherently perfect knives.

This puppy is pretty slick. Carbon fiber with Tiffany Blue liners. The blade is a forged Fenja pattern from @damasteelab and it turned out way better than I was expecting. The shape is actually a bit different than my usual gyuto. This took a tiny up

Had to get one more finished up for the @damasteelab Chef Invitational next Saturday!

In a lot of ways, this knife is a perfect example of who I am as a bladesmith. My knives are not flashy; they don't rely on pomp and circumstance to tell their sto

So, I really wanted to take this one to Blade show. But, as it turns out, one layer of blue tape adds a lot of unfounded confidence to the perceived strength of a finish ground knife. Turns out, if you drop it multiple times while wrapped in tape, th

Knocked these two out this week in between working on the Bradley. Two san-mai brothers in @apexultrasteel with A203-E cladding, so these should be tough as nails while being ground ridiculously thin like this steel deserves. Honestly, it blows my mi

Well, because I'm a silly goose (read: awful at making knives), this is the only one going to Atlanta. Still a fun one though, as this is technically the first knife of mine that was 100% made in the new shop. I've got plenty of stragglers from the o

Hey friends.

What a whirlwind it's been. Things in motion. Saturday Blade show. More soon. Life has been a lot.

Take care of yourselves

Couple of stills from the first forging session yesterday. This is the inaugural forge weld, a simple san-mai with @apexultrasteel core. Very excited to finally try it!

We took some clean looking videos, but for some reason it just wasn't posting pr

If there's one thing I love more than making knives, it's learning how to get better at making knives.

Big shout out to @triplebhandmade for this sharpening event yesterday. This dude is out here trying to change the way the community thinks and tal

Well, you all seem to like this hammer as much as I do, so here's its story!

Back when we were thinking about what tools we wanted in the new shop, power hammers were a hot topic. We knew we wanted two forging stations with an Anyang and a lighter,

Last order of business for '22. I would love to move all of my old stock before the new shop is officially rolling. If you've been eyeing something, make me a reasonable offer and it's yours.
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It's the calm before the storm. The sl

This photograph is proof (that I went outside this year)

See you soon, kids. '23, comin' at ya

The lingering quiet clung to the walls, waiting on baited breath to be broken by the morning patter. But I wasn't there to break it that day. I wasn't there to flip any switches and be greeted by the low electric hum. Was not there to shuffle pieces

You know what they say, nothing would get done if it weren't for the last minute.

I'm pretty darn happy with these five I finished up this week. These will be available tomorrow at noon PST, exclusively at the @damasteelab #dcionline2022. I haven't