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By Bjorn Jacobsen, Jan 2024.If you have been doing knife making for a while, you possibly have come across some of the amazing photos of Baker Forge & Tool steel. The knives usually have a black core with stunning patterns on the sides.Coy Baker and his team have become one of the best known specialty steel makers in the world for knifemakers, operating out of a shop in North Carolina for a few years now and they just keep getting better. A few years ago Riley and I met Coy and the …

Coy Baker and his team in the US make some amazing looking specialty steel for high-end makers:LINKThese bars are made for stock removal to not distort the pattern, and to avoid any risk of the elements with lower melting temperature melting at the higher temperatures of forging.To really make these pop, the blades need to be etched and then worked to create additional contrast.Alex Norton from Valhalla Ironworks is one of the Australian makers who get amazing results with the Baker Forge & …