No match?
That's the good part.
A hundred years of pattern-book knives means some curves simply aren't on anyone's rack any more. Post us an offcut and we grind a fresh knife to your exact profile — milled and on its way seven days after your sample lands. The knife stays on file, so the next metre is a reorder.
We match any skirting board. Guaranteed. If your profile isn't one of the knives in our library, post us an offcut. We grind a knife to your exact section and mill it in seven days — and the knife stays on file, so the next metre is never a problem again.
How a bespoke run works
1 · Scan first (2 min)
The cut-end scan captures your curve to ±0.5mm and attaches it to this enquiry automatically. We check it against the library one more time before any steel is ground.
2 · Post the offcut
A 10cm offcut in a padded envelope is perfect. The physical sample is the contract — we verify it against your scan on a shadowgraph before cutting the knife.
3 · Seven days
Knife ground, first lengths milled, quality-checked against your sample, shipped. You approve a traced overlay by email before we cut the full order.
How to post your sample
- 1 · Cut a short offcut — 10cm long, full height, any condition.
- 2 · Put it in a large-letter envelope — under 25mm thick, under 750g.
- 3 · Write your reference on the back of the offcut in pen — it's how we marry it to your scan the moment it lands.
- 4 · Show the QR at any Post Office. They print the label — you need nothing else.
- 5 · Tracked to our workshop. Bespoke knives are ground within 7 days of your sample arriving.
Your postage QR appears the moment you've paid — no printer, no waiting.
Not sure what you've got? Post us a sample.
£9, credited back against your order. Pay, get a postage QR instantly, and drop an offcut at any Post Office — the workshop scans it on the same rig and emails your exact match.
- No phone gymnastics, same ±0.5mm trace
- Result within one working day of arrival
- £9 credited against any order
What to post
- Minimum 10cm of board — about a hand-width
- Any offcut, door-frame trim or stair end with the full profile
- Padded envelope; we verify it against your scan on a shadowgraph
One envelope, one hand-width of board
It must fit a large-letter envelope: no thicker than 25mm, no heavier than 750g. A 10cm offcut of any board fits — a hand-width is all the knife needs. Please don't send long lengths; they'll be refused at the counter.
Prefer pencil and paper? Print the trace sheet — trace the offcut and photograph the page.
Start either one below
One form for both. If a scan from this session exists it attaches itself — you'll see it below the form.