Meeting one of America’s few full-time custom knifemakers

Murray Carter spent nearly two decades in Japan before bringing eastern bladesmithing techniques west. Today, he is one of the few Americans who make custom made knives full-time, inside his shop in Idaho. Carter’s kitchen knives are both works of art, and exceptional tools. Jeff Glor reports.
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[@bkfw000]

I met Murray long ago and own four of his knives. They, and he, are simply fantastic.

[@TdSharp]

Murray Carter is the real deal! New is not a word i would use to describe him.

[@ThomasRonnberg]

Very wholesome video CBS Mornings, it's very nice to see some love around! Ty

[@MacomberArtProjects]

what a great gift for Jeff

[@ThomasRonnberg]

''Does it cut great?'' Well done carter. Btw Carter if you're reading this i took your cold forging knowledge 15 years ago and applied it to spring steel and since then have cold forged 95% of all the knives i make. Best results.

[@michaelvaladez6570]

Loved watching this piece...I'm formally a Chief and I can appreciate the eastern cutlery..it is forgerd to a different angles..thank you for this post greatly appreciated 🙏.

[@doricetimko332]

I so love to learn about skilled craftspersons , thank you

[@vjr5261]

Going to go see this man and his knives. Had no idea this was right by me.

[@raymondpinsky1103]

See how humbled that reporter in the end has become....

[@b80-s9i]

I noticed that...and the smile on his face holding something he had a hand in creating!💪😎👍

[@turtletruth]

Lots of less expensive high-quality knives cut exceptionally great! Example: LT wright knives and Bark River Knives with modern steels such as Magnacut, CPM 3V, S45VN, etc...

[@jeffhicks8428]

anyone that mentions steel in the same sentence or context of a knife cutting well exposes themselves as an absolute know nothing. The steel uses in Murrays knives is some of the most basic, traditional, primitive, lowest edge retention, lowest toughness, easiest to rust steel that exists in the modern world and yet his knives still cut excellently, far beyond anything you mentioned. Why? Not because of steel. Because of geometry. I'd bet $1000 you have never experienced anything close. Most mass market edc knives are that knife bros like yourself consider "cut exceptionally well" are upwards of 30 thou behind the edge. The kind f knives in this video are 10 thou or less behind the edge. Doesn't sound like much but it's a massive difference. That thing will still cut better when it's totally dull at the edge or even doesn't have an edge on it at all than your knife will with a fresh edge on it.

[@ridgefamily7362]

Excellent piece. All the feels!

[@ramiyazje]

Such a Zen practice.. I love watching Forged in Fire and the awesome craft involved

[@kiwdwks]

Everyone needs that sense of fulfillment...lucky ones find it!

[@ferdelance6801]

Great story!

[@ThomasRonnberg]

Murray Carter is great!

[@michaelrobertson8795]

That's why I do it. From Kansas to Missouri and Texas and finally West Coast, is my kind of knitting.🔥⚒🔪👍✌

[@lmplaysroblox6627]

Wow keep up the good work

[@FSX239]

Agreed

[@JimSkeltonKnives]

He’s very skilled, and this doesn’t take away from his talent but…. “One of Americas few full time custom knifemakers”? There’s thousands upon thousands of us out here doing it full time.

[@b80-s9i]

Say there was 50,000 full-timers, which I highly HIGHLY doubt....out of 300+ million, that's not even a drop in the bucket! Few is an understatement. 💪😎👍

[@JimSkeltonKnives]

@@b80-s9i that’s not really how this works lol. You don’t compare the amount of people in a particular trade up against the entire US population. Among American knifemakers… there are many more than “few” who are full time in our trade.

[@bjornegan6421]

@@JimSkeltonKnives well, the claim 'he's one of the few Americans who make custom-made knives, fulltime, inside his shop in Idaho', is literally true. There are only a few Americans inside his shop in Idaho who make custom-made knives, fulltime. But that aside, he is one of the few who aren't self-taught (even by means of books and youtube) or even 'first generation' without decent formal training. Does that matter? It depends, unless the training (through whatever media) includes the relevant information that was and is being discovered and instructed through hundreds, and even thousands of years of practice, the product has less of a chance of being quality. I would say that many of those lessons are discoverable through self-study or whatever training, but there are a lot of nice-looking, bad products out there with the 'custom' label slapped on. And that goes for many industries. A prime example is watching the many contestants on 'forged in fire', many who claim to sell the product, constantly fail at forging something that is sound. However, that example is not perfect, as even some of the better bladesmiths still fail from time to time, especially so when doing something under gimmicky tv scenarios. And no, they do not represent everyone.

[@mohammadyounus5138]

Absolute inspection.

[@brandond6724]

Dude has lived an awsome life.

[@skiukb]

Where can I get a copy of the ancient proverb on his wall ...taking action and failing is better than taking no action at all?

[@K.B.]

OK so I did a line by line google translate and here is what came up... 無魂 Soulless 夢なき者に理想なし Those without dreams have no ideals 理想なき者に信念なし People without ideals have no faith 信念なき者に計画なし Those without faith have no plans 計画なき者に実行し without a plan 実行なき者に成果なし No performance without execution 成果なき者に幸福なし No happiness for those without achievements

[@natemullen5868]

Quality craftsmanship, something that has been escaping American manufacturing for ages but this man is making a comeback with his absurd quality products

[@jonbroadsword7572]

Welcome to the Knifemaking family, Jeff. Great story and great knife -- can 'Glor Knives' be far behind?

[@chrismay2298]

"Few Americans"? There are literally thousands of fulltime custom knifemakers in the country. Not to take away from Murray, but they should do their homework.

[@kylefortman8039]

Awesome piece Jeff. Now please go learn how to curl your fingers when chopping, you were making me nervous.

[@keithdouble1440]

This is awesome, would love to see the news do the same for the gun community…