Fehu Forge Bladesmiths

Fehu Forge Bladesmiths is run by Caleb Smit from a forge on Clark Street in Hikurangi, a small Northland town north of Whangarei; the company was formally incorporated in New Zealand in April 2020. The workshop makes handcrafted chef's knives — gyutos, paring and petty knives — offered in either carbon steel (Shiro-2 san-mai construction) or Nitro-V stainless, with finished pieces priced roughly between NZ$250 and NZ$580 on the shop's own listings.

Alongside knife sales, Fehu Forge runs one-on-one knifemaking classes at the Hikurangi forge, putting it in the same small category as other New Zealand and Australian bladesmiths who combine a working shop with hands-on instruction rather than selling exclusively online. Beyond the workshop's own site and its social presence, independently documented biographical detail on Smit is limited — this listing reflects what the business itself states about its methods and pricing, without embellishment.

New Zealand's custom-knife trade is a genuinely small field, and Fehu Forge is one of a handful of full-time or near-full-time bladesmiths operating there with a public storefront and repeat retail sales rather than only occasional maker-fair or commission work, which is the basis for including it here.