Hayes Made Knives

09/01/2026

06/29/2026

Nice pair

A sweet pair w/ Osage Orange scales.

06/15/2026

Looks like an ice cream sandwich Amber said. I don’t disagree, although it looks like squid ink was used

It actually is Epoxy clay we are using for knife handle material. Going to pour a polyurethane liner (black and gold dust) over top and hopefully have a gem come tomorrow

Will post the unmolding to show how rad-rad it is

06/15/2026

Copper coated. Just a test, will retouch up and do again with multiple layers

06/15/2026

Please consider us, Hayes Made Knives for Locally Made Knives and Knife handle material. Stay safe.

We specialize in knife scales and charcuterie/serving boards. But we offer much more than that, be it handle 'refreshes' to customized knife scales, fun mosaic pins and custom kitchen knives tailored for the user.

05/14/2026

Two Containers Holding Up a Texas-Sized Roof

Count the toys parked underneath. Skid steer, compact tractor, Jeep, side-by-side, cargo trailer — all tucked under one roof, with two 40ft high-cube containers doing the heavy lifting on either end.

That's roughly 80 feet of clear-span shelter for what's probably $20k–$30k all in. A traditional steel equipment barn of the same footprint quotes out around $50k–$70k in most of rural Texas right now. And when you decide to move the operation, those containers go with you — try saying that about a pole barn on a poured slab.

The containers also double as locked storage on each side. Implements, fuel cans, tools, feed — everything that shouldn't sit in the open is already inside steel walls before the roof even goes on.

This is the kind of build a working ranch figures out before the architects do.

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05/04/2026

Some new styles of handle material we are getting ready for the “Big Event” coming up soon ( September 26 in Altoona). We hope to see you there Clare!🫵✌️

04/10/2026

Mark your calendars: This Saturday 8am-1pm Johnston Iowa, Lions Club 6501 Merle Hay road Hawkeye Knife Collectors Show. You will have the opportunity to smooze with one of the best collections of awesomely cool, sharp, nice, handsome, knowledgeable, & wickedly sly guys about their vast accomplishments and view their knive collections and knives made, and killer knife handle material . Stop by and say hi 🔪✌️

03/08/2026

3 sets of scales w/ resin infill. Got Burl Earl?