Stay up-to-date with the latest news and updates from Everest Forge. In this category, we highlight our new products, innovative concepts, and exciting developments across a wide range of hand-forged blades, including kukris, swords, machetes, bowie knives, daggers, and more. Whether we're introducing a new blade design, exploring cutting-edge forging techniques, or releasing a limited-edition edge, this section keeps you in the loop with all things related to Everest Forge. We are dedicated to crafting blades that combine functionality with timeless craftsmanship, and we want you to be the first to know what's next.
01 Sep
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How Much Does a Sword Cost? A Forge's Honest Price Guide
A sword can cost thirty dollars or thirty thousand, and both prices are real. The thirty-dollar sword is a stainless casting that will break if you swing it. The thirty-thousand-dollar sword is a licensed Japanese smith's life's work. In between sit five distinct price bands, each with its own logic, and the difference between them is almost never the steel — it is the hours of skilled labour, and where in the world those hours were bou..
29 Aug
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Kitchen & Chef Knife Laws: Buying, Importing and Carrying
The short answer: owning kitchen and chef's knives is legal almost everywhere in the world. No country treats an ordinary cook's knife as a prohibited weapon, and you do not need a licence to keep one in your kitchen. Where the law does apply is in three specific situations — buying one (age limits), importing one across a border (customs rules), and carrying one in public (which needs a good reason). This guide walks through all three..
24 Aug
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Best Hand-Forged Cosplay Swords & Daggers — Movie Replicas, Fantasy Blades & Gaming Weapons
The difference between a cosplay prop and a real hand-forged blade is something every person in the room can feel — even if they cannot name exactly what it is. It is the weight. The sound when it moves. The way light reflects off properly finished high carbon steel. The way it photographs. At Everest Forge every blade is hand-forged in Kathmandu, Nepal from 5160 high carbon spring steel — movie replic..
22 Jul
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Are Knives Legal? A Country-by-Country Guide for Buyers
Important: This is general information, not legal advice, and Everest Forge is not a law firm. Knife laws are complex, differ by country, state, province and even city, and they change — several of the countries below tightened their laws in 2025 and 2026. Nothing here is a guarantee that a given blade is legal for you to buy, own, carry or import. You are responsible for checking the current law in your own jurisdiction before you order..
08 Jul
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From a Bladesong Sword Design to a Real Hand-Forged Sword
If you have built a sword in Bladesong and wondered whether it could exist in real steel, the answer is yes. Everest Forge can take your Bladesong design as a reference and hand-forge a real, functional version of it in Nepal. Send us your screenshots, your written specs, or the STL file you exported from the game, and our bladesmiths will review whether your concept can be forged and what it would take to bring it to life.
This guide..
29 May
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10 Best Spears for Cosplay & Renaissance Faires
A spear is one of the most striking props you can carry to a Renaissance Faire or a cosplay convention — and one of the few that looks completely wrong when it is made of foam or stamped stainless. The reach, the balance, the way real steel catches the light: none of it can be faked. If you want a spear that reads as authentic in photos and holds up in your hands, you want a real hand-forged blade.
At Everest Forge, every spear is individually ..
20 May
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Custom Sword vs Ready Made — Which Should You Buy?
If you are looking to buy a hand-forged sword, kukri, machete, dagger, knife, axe, or spear — one of the first decisions you face is whether to choose a blade from an existing range or commission something built entirely to your specification. Both are valid choices. Both have genuine advantages. But the right answer depends entirely on what you actually need — and most buyers do not realise how accessible the custom route has become, or how ..
09 May
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Real Steel Cosplay Weapons Guide — Hand-Forged Swords, Daggers & Blades for Cosplay, Anime & Gaming
Most cosplay weapons are props. Foam, plastic, resin, or lightweight stainless steel — designed to look like a blade in photographs and fall apart at a convention. If you have carried a foam sword for a day at a convention, you already know the problem: it looks wrong, it feels wrong, and anyone who knows blades can see it is wrong the moment they look at it. There is a better option — and it h..
08 May
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The Truth About Battle Ready Swords — A Forge's Honest Guide
Most websites selling swords have a "battle ready" section. A small subset of the catalogue marked as functional, with the rest sold as decoration. We do not work that way. I want to explain why.
I have spent my working life in front of a forge. The Kami blacksmiths who hammer alongside me in our Kathmandu workshop were trained the way our fathers and grandfathers were trained — by hand, from first heat to final edge. Every blade t..
06 May
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How to Commission Custom Forged Weapons for Renaissance Faires, Cosplay, LARP & Historical Reenactment
Most mass-produced replica weapons fail the moment they are put to real use. They fail faire safety inspections because the edge geometry does not match the period. They fail cosplay builds because the proportions are wrong for the specific character. They fail LARP combat because the construction cannot handle repeated impact. And they fail collectors because the steel, the weight, and the ..