Blades forged by hand. Built to be used.
Northwest Arkansas born. Forged in Gentry.
Seventh century axes and spears. Modern carry and combat knives. Every piece made one at a time by Wayne Johnson, from bar stock to edge.
- Free shipping, lower 48
- Free re-grind for life
- Made to order, never stamped
- Born & built in NWA
Runestone Park Viking Festival
Fólkvangr Weekend in Heavener, Oklahoma. Watch Wayne forge live, all weekend.
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Hand forged from 1095 or 1075 high carbon steel. Hard enough to hold a working edge, tough enough to take a beating. No two come off the anvil the same.
The knife that earned the name and put Valhalla Forging on the map.
Everything Series 1 taught the shop, refined. The one people ask for now.
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The American VikingMeet Wayne
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Made here. Not imported. Not outsourced.
Every blade is forged in Gentry, in the corner of the Ozarks that spent eight straight years in U.S. News' top 10 places to live in America. Valhalla Forging is part of what gets built here, one hammer strike at a time.
Forged, not stamped.
Forged at Valhalla
- ShapingDrawn out hot under the hammer, grain follows the blade
- SteelPicked per blade from six grades on the rack
- Heat treatOne blade at a time, judged by eye
- RepairsGoes back to the man who made it, free
Factory stamped
- ShapingPunched out of flat sheet by a machine
- SteelOne alloy for the whole product line
- Heat treatBatch run on a timer
- RepairsThrown away and replaced
Forged for life.
A blade made by hand can be fixed by hand. That does not stop when the money changes hands.
Dull it, chip it, ruin it on a stone. Send it back and it comes home sharp.
If scales crack or a pin walks, that is a shop problem, not yours.
Not abuse, not prying. Honest work that breaks a blade means the blade was wrong.
You pay to send it in. It comes back to you on the shop's dime.