Customs and Customization
CUSTOMIZATION OF PRODUCTION BLADES
For all of our production blades with a handle wrap, we offer you a range of color option to choose your wrap from. Pick your blade color and let us know what color you would like to see on the handle, and we make it for you.
LIMITED RUN PRODUCTION BLADES
I love movies, and i love certain themes. I was growing up in the 90's playing computer games and watching Sci-FI and action movies. Therefor there are certain themes warming my heart. Every year i make about 2 dozen exotic colored production blades with custom engraving and Cerakote colors. These can range from simple 2 tone to specific movie themed knives like Star Wars.
CUSTOM KNIVES
At his time i DO NOT TAKE custom orders. I have limited time to make custom knives next to my day job in the military, if I have to make the same knife 15 times that kills my new model projects and creativity as well. Sign up for my newsletter, follow me on Instagram and Facebook, and I will advise you when I have a batch of blades coming. Be fast, and snatch what you like the most. 
Our steel selection
Lost with steel namings? Check our interactive steel guide and selector to find the best steel for your needs.
What the ratings mean
Toughness
How well the edge and blade resist chipping and breaking under impact, twisting and batoning.
Edge retention
How long the edge keeps cutting before it needs sharpening.
Corrosion resistance
How well the blade resists rust from sweat, blood, humidity and salt water.
Ease of sharpening
How quickly you can bring the edge back on ordinary stones in the field.
Toughness, edge retention and corrosion resistance figures are sourced from metallurgist Larrin Thomas's independently tested ratings at Knife Steel Nerds — "Knife Steels Rated by a Metallurgist" (unnotched Charpy toughness, CATRA edge retention, salt-spray corrosion testing). Ease of sharpening is GZ Custom Blades' own field estimate and isn't part of that dataset.
All steels side by side
Toughness, edge retention and corrosion resistance run 0–10 and are Larrin Thomas's published, independently tested ratings (see source above), not GZ Custom Blades' own numbers. Ease of sharpening is GZ Custom Blades' own field estimate. * CPM MagnaMax, A8 Mod and Titanium Gr5 are not covered in Larrin's published ratings — their toughness/edge/corrosion figures are GZ Custom Blades' own estimates instead. Every steel is a trade-off: gaining in one column costs in another. Edge geometry, heat treatment and how you use the knife matter as much as the steel itself.
