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IBEW Local 357 · Las Vegas · Union Made

Steel shaped
by hand,
one blade at a time

A small Las Vegas forge run by a working union hand. Every knife is drawn out under the hammer, heat treated, ground, and fitted with handles cut in the shop — no production lines, no shortcuts.

Commission a knifeSee the work
Every blade
forged, not stock removal
Heat treat
done in-house, tested
Lead time
3–6 weeks typical
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01 — Gallery

The Work

Kitchen blades, hunters, camp knives, and one-off commissions — forged and finished in the shop.

Collection of handmade knives arranged in a circle
One-Off Collection
Handmade knife with an antler handle displayed on a wooden stand
Antler Handle
Two handmade knives set upright in a cut tree stump
Field Blades
Four handmade knives crossed over a stone countertop
Custom Builds

02 — Process

Bar Stock to Edge

  1. 01

    Stock & Draw

    High-carbon bar stock or reclaimed steel, heated to a working orange and moved under the hammer until the profile is right.

  2. 02

    Heat Treat

    Normalizing cycles, a quench that either makes or breaks the blade, then temper. All done in the shop, never farmed out.

  3. 03

    Grind & Sand

    Bevels set on the belt, then hours of hand sanding through the grits until the finish is even end to end.

  4. 04

    Handle & Edge

    Stabilized hardwood, antler, or resin scales fitted with brass or copper pins, shaped by hand and sharpened shaving sharp.

03 — Catalog

What I Build

Kitchen

from $180

Chef, santoku, paring, and nakiri. Thin behind the edge, balanced at the pinch grip.

Hunters & Skinners

from $150

Full tang, tough heat treat, sheath-ready. Built to be used hard and cleaned in the field.

Camp & Bushcraft

from $200

Heavier stock, scandi or convex grind, handles that stay put with wet hands.

One-Offs

quoted

Damascus, integral bolsters, commemorative pieces, retirement and journeyman gifts.

04 — The Shop

In the Forge

Blades start as bar stock or reclaimed high-carbon steel, heated to a working orange and moved under the hammer until the profile is right. From there it's normalizing cycles, a quench, temper, then hours of hand sanding and fitting.

Nothing leaves the shop until it holds an edge and sits right in the hand. Custom orders welcome — send a sketch, a use case, or just a rough idea.

Hand
forged
Heat
treated in-house
Union
made · IBEW 357
Blacksmith hand tools, handle scales, and brass pins laid out on a workbench
Brotherhood Blade Works skull and dagger mark

Brother to brother

“Same hands that pull wire all week are the ones on the hammer Saturday morning.”
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05 — Commission

Start a Build

Tell me what you're after — blade length, steel, handle material, or just what you'll use it for. I'll get back with a price and a timeline.