Waterjet Cutting for Knife Making | DB Blades

When you’re working with high-end knife steels and titanium, mistakes are expensive.

We work with DB Blades to produce precision-cut knife blanks — helping reduce risk, minimise material waste, and ensure every part is ready for machining and finishing.

Using waterjet cutting, we deliver:

Accurate blanks that reduce costly mistakes
No heat-affected zone (no change to material properties)
Consistent results across one-off and repeat designs

The Challenge

Knife making often involves high-cost materials such as tool steels, martensitic stainless steels, and titanium.

Traditional cutting methods can introduce heat, distortion, or inconsistencies — increasing the risk of wasted material and additional finishing work.

For precision knife makers, even small errors can result in significant cost and lost time.

The Solution

Waterjet cutting allows DB Blades to produce accurate, repeatable blanks without introducing heat into the material.

This ensures the steel and titanium retain their original properties, making machining, grinding, and finishing more predictable.

Learn more about heat affected zones and how they impact materials.

Supporting High-End Knife Production

DB Blades is one of Australia’s leading knife makers, producing high-end folding and fixed blade knives.

Their work has been featured in publications including Blade Magazine, Australian Knife Magazine, and international publications across France and Germany.

We’ve worked together for several years, supplying precision-cut blanks that form the foundation of their products.

“The materials required to manufacture high-end knives aren’t cheap. We use tool steels, martensitic stainless steel and titanium, so we need someone we can rely on to avoid costly mistakes.”