So kitchen knives are tricky……. 1095 is technically considered a kitchen knife blade. However in our experience 1095 patina really fast in the kitchen and has to be cleaned constantly in order to be safe and reliable in the kitchen. We do not find 1095 to be a sufficiently safe knife to use in the kitchen so our kitchen knives are not currently available.
Proper stainless steels requiters a zero air environment when heat treating all the way though quenching. This is currently not achievable with the propane forges we have currently.
We are currently working on building our own temperature controlled kiln to get a reliable temperature So we can ideally create an environment to heat treat blades. This does require more testing currently however
We have had some success in heat treating AEB-L which is a good steel for kitchen knives, however our methods are not as reliable as we hope, so stainless steel knives are not available currently.
This being said, we do have plans to build a nitrogen purge forge, or a repeatable foil wrap technique to create a zero air environment for heat treatment of stainless steel, that or cryogenic treating knives is also an option if we stumble upon liquid nitrogen at some point. We are working toward stainless steels but currently do not have the ability sadly but …. soon…..soooooooonnnnnnn……