May
The Ibara is probably one of our most popular legacy models simply because of the big name attached to it, none other than the indomitable Mr Craig Douglas. In 2019 a very unexpected DM was sent to us. It’s not every day you get contacted by someone like Craig who has been a force in […]
May
Earlier this week, on our Knife Makers, and founder of Ironside Edge Works, Gavin Coleman appeared on Wim Demere’s Podcast. Wm has been a presence in the self defence and martial arts community for decades and to be invited onto hisPodcast to chat about our knives, knife making in general, self defence and South Africa […]
May
In 2023 we decided we would like to not only put our knives in the hands of experienced people to get their feed back, especially as we expand our own horizon’s and begin developing tools which don’t fit our own personal methodologies. Enter Thomas Holtmann of Bladecraft Method, the first ever Ironside Edge Works Sponsored […]
May
By Gavin Coleman Polarising as this opinion may be, few may realise that Ironside Edge Works was born in an attempt to answer this very question. In 2016 while journeying with my brother Schalk Holloway on our quest to answer some questions we had surrounding edge and point use in self defence, we exposed ourselves […]
May
On May 4th 2023 Ironside Edge Works was incorporated as a registered US Business in the great state of Wyoming! This is a very big deal for us. The trials of the last 5 months have been the most stressful of our lives, forcing us to decide whether we would have to give up on […]
Sep
Since around 2018 we began experimenting with Tsukamaki style handle wraps. There is nothing immediately special about this, as its a common way to finish a handle in the EDC knife world, and for many makers its often quite a lot easier (and much less messy) than making scaled handles. So while the “Jap Wrap” […]
Sep
For over 5 years now Ironside Edge Works has been making handmade defensive custom knives. We have worked to perfect our pikal knives in particular, which is something very close to our hearts, and we feel we have come close to creating a perfect system – if there is such a thing – for making […]
Sep
Way back in 2017 the Ironside Edge Works Shrike was born. Most will know the story, a pikal knife designed and created out of necessity at the time which was refined year after year to become a formidable defensive EDC knife now. We recently completed our 5th Anniversary Masterworks Shrike, in celebration of our business […]
Nov
In September 2021 we started planning a special edition knife to mark the 100th Shrike produced since we began serialising them in 2019. After much deliberation we decided on marking the occasion by making it our first ever Damascus blade. While over the years we haven’t delved into the use of Damascus, primarily because it […]
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