Scott's Custom Knives

Scott’s Custom Knives is a family bladesmithing operation in Bonner Springs, Kansas, making handmade knives from high-carbon and high-carbon Damascus steel. Founded by Loren Scott — who began making knives for his grandsons — the craft has passed to his sons Kevin Scott (Bonner Springs) and Bruce Scott (Basehor), with Kevin’s wife Cindy joining the bench as a maker. A multi-generational, word-of-mouth, made-in-USA maker rooted in the KC metro’s western edge.¹²

Description

Scott’s Custom Knives is a small family bladesmithing shop producing handmade knives one at a time. Per the maker, every knife is made from “high carbon or high carbon Damascus steel,” sourced domestically rather than imported, and is “heat treated and tempered in their shops” to a Rockwell hardness of 58–61 to balance edge retention and sharpenability.¹ The catalog spans gemstone-handled, flint-style, Damascus, culinary, and “repurposed” knives, and each knife ships with a handmade leather scabbard fitted to the blade.¹

Beyond new builds, the shop takes custom orders to customer specification and offers knife repair and sharpening, including lifetime free resharpening under normal use.¹ The business markets primarily by word of mouth rather than through a retail storefront.²

Ownership and history

The business traces to founder Loren Scott, who — per the shop’s own account — “started making knives several years ago for his grandsons which eventually grew into Scott’s Custom Knives.”¹ Loren turned the knifemaking over to his sons Kevin Scott and Bruce Scott, who “still make their knives the way their dad taught them.”¹²

Kevin Scott lives and works in Bonner Springs, Kansas; Bruce Scott is in nearby Basehor, Kansas — both on the western edge of the Kansas City metro.¹² Kevin’s wife, Cindy Scott, “started helping in the shop and has joined the ranks of [a] knife maker and enthusiast,” bringing new materials and designs to the line.¹ The exact founding year and the year ownership passed from Loren to his sons are not stated on the official site.

Links

• Official site: https://scottscustomknives.com/
• Phone: (913) 927-0478¹

Sources

Disputes

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Footnotes

1. https://scottscustomknives.com/ — official site. Asserts: business name “Scott’s Custom Knives”; founder Loren Scott started making knives for his grandsons; sons Kevin (Bonner Springs) and Bruce (Basehor) now run it “the way their dad taught them”; Cindy Scott joined as a maker; handmade high-carbon / high-carbon Damascus steel, Rockwell 58–61; gemstone/flint/Damascus/culinary/repurposed lines; handmade leather scabbards; custom orders, repair, lifetime free resharpening; phone (913) 927-0478; Bonner Springs, KS 66012. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

2. WebSearch synthesis of official-site content — asserts: business markets primarily by word of mouth; lifetime guarantee under normal use; Bruce in Basehor, Kevin in Bonner Springs; knives heat-treated and tempered in their shops. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴