You may already know that Hock Tools sells small blades; 5 different carving knives, marking knives in 2 sizes, and a variety of luthiery blades.

Hock Tools Carving Knives come exactingly sharp and, because these knives are made from Hock Tools' standard, and still favorite, 01 tool steel you can easily re-sharpen them when necessary.

We sell five carvers, sold individually or as a set, with or without handles.

Furniture maker, carver, marquetry master, author and instructor Craig V. Stevens helped Ron design these carving tools. In a tool review last March Paul Mayer described his experience with his Hock Tools #CK100, the 1" Carving Knife for WoodWorkers Guild of America, “The knife is beautiful. Part of the beauty is in its simplicity. Ergonomically,

S H A R P & T O T H E P O I N T The Hock Tools NewsletterIn-the-Spotlight: Small Blades from Issue #3/2014

DIY blanks, without handles. Left to right: #CKSB125 (Stab Knife), #CKCB100 (Chip Carver), #CKX125 (Detail Knife), #CKB125 (1-1/4" Carving Knife), and # CKB100 (1" Carving Knife).

Ready-to-go with handles. left to right: #CKSB125 (Stab Knife), #CKCB100 (Chip Carver), #CKX125 (Detail Knife), #CKB125 (1-1/4" Carving Knife), and #CKB100 (1" Carving Knife).

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it is the perfect size. There is nothing wasted in the design, and when you hold it in your hand, it feels like it belongs there. And the blade, oh my, the blade. My old woodworker mentors were right. I felt like I was introduced to Ron Hock when I examined the blade, with its beautiful steel,perfect bevel, and insane polish...”

Three sizes of Hock Tools Violin Knives – as suggested by Hans Weisshaar, the late master violin-maker – keep the left-handed woodworker as happy as the right-handed with right or left bevels. And, yes, we offer these blades beveled on both sides, too.

These knives are beveled for the right-hand or the left-hand. We also sell all three sizes with bevels on both sides. They're sold as blades only, no handles, and are made from high carbon steel. Left to right: Right-hand bevel #VK075L, Left-hand bevel #VK075R, Right-hand bevel #VK050R, Left-hand bevel #VK050L, Right-hand bevel #VK025R, and Left-hand bevel #VK025L.

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We also offer “spear-pointed,” high quality 01 tool steel Marking Knives.

With bevels on one side only, these right-or-left hand, spear point marking knives are perfect for scribing fine lines against a straight edge. Our #MK025, stiletto styled at

1/16" x ¾", makes a great dove-tail chisel. No handles, O1 tool steel.

That's 21 different small blades, all O1, high carbon steel. Easy to hone to the sharpest edge – with handles, without handles, for the right handed woodworker, and for the left handed woodworker – we're talking bevels, bevels, more bevels, highest quality and sharpenable!

FYI Note About the dark gray color: When we were making all of our blades here in our small shop, they were all gray/black because we didn't grind them flat after heat treating. The gray/black is a very thin coating of iron oxide that forms during heat treatment. Several years ago, we started having some of our blades made by others (don't worry, the alloy and hardness specifications are the same); large shops that cut the blades with lasers and wet-grind them to thickness after heat treating. The thicknessing makes them nice and flat and shiny-bright. We still make many of our products right here in the backyard shop – and happy to say mostly by Larry Kellogg, even after all these years -- they're the ones that are gray/black and with our debossed logo.

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How a #CK100 ended up in Linda's Kitchen

One day Ron gave me the prototype of the Hock Tools 1 " Carving Knife – what ultimately became the #CK100 for woodworkers. I know! Am I the lucky one, or what? Having minimal requirements for being sharp enough to carve hard wood, I admit this little knife does not exactly receive a woodcarver's work out. However, I use it for tasks such as cutting the nasty stuff from otherwise good vegetables, stemming and coring strawberries, picking and flinging lemon seeds, peeling small things, and assorted garnish tricks I've yet to master,. This carving knife is so fun to use I don't care that my radish roses resemble door knobs. Being the the wife of a blade maker with drawers filled with knives (“seconds” from Ron's knife crafting years), it surprises even me how often I reach for this handy knife! Most of my knives are the envy all my friends who cook. When I pull out this little proto #CK100, though, that's when Envy with a Captial E begins to weigh in. You would think it was the fillet knife, but I use the fillet knife less often than my clever squirt of a #CK100. Of course, these stats change when it's albacore canning time! – Linda at Hock Tools