We hope you can find your way around our site easily. We've answered some of our most commonly asked questions below. Of course if your question isn't here, just email us or ring us for an answer - we're friendly humans at Bit and Blade!
We sell premium quality knife blades and CNC router tools, engineered from the highest quality carbide stock, ensuring durability and perfect cutting results, sourced from trusted Swiss and German manufacturers.
There are several ways for you to confirm you're ordering the right blade or bit. Firstly, you can search for your original part number. Secondly you can check our Manufacturers Reference Guide for your part. Once you're in a product page, we tell you clearly which parts our bit or blade is equivalent to. If we say it's a near equivalent*, we tell you why.
Contact us with your request, either by emailing sales@bitandblade.co.uk or phoning us to talk it through on 07598 163253, and we will get right back to you with price and availability. We are always prepared to extend our range of products.
Good question, and it can be confusing. In 2021 Esko sold their table cutting division to a venture capitalist. Today Esko has no involvement with Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems (their official new name). However we humans are creatures of habit and some customers refer to their cutting table as an Esko table - not surprising as the Esko logo is on 80% of all Kongsberg tables in the market today!
So to help people find the correct bits and blades, we still use the name Esko Kongsberg. And if you ever wonder what the part numbers all mean, check out our interactive reference guide.
We usually tell you the exact match of one of our bits or blades to a manufacturer's original part. Sometimes our part is a very close match that differs in one detail, for example the maximum cutting depth is shallower/less than the equivalent. If you can cope with less of a max cut, you have yourself an equivalent! Near equivalents are marked ≈ in our guide: check the product page for the detail of what the 'near equivalent' means.
Bit and Blade processes orders Monday-Thursday. Orders received on a business day before 1pm will be dispatched same day. If something is not in stock we can usually get it within 3-7 working days.
Orders must be placed Monday-Thursday - we are closed on Fridays.
GB (England, Scotland, Wales):
- DPD Next Day (by end of day) - £5.50
- DPD Premium by 12 Noon - £11.00
- DPD Premium by 10.30am - £18.00
Any order with a value in excess of £400 (before shipping costs added) we will send free of charge.
Northern Ireland:
- DPD Two Day Service (by end of day) - £14.00
- DPD Next Day (by end of day) - £20.00
Absolutely! Call us on 07598 163253 to arrange collection from Nottingham Monday-Thursday.
You can place an order through the website and pay securely by any major Credit Card.
You can apply for a 30-day end of month credit account. Email us at sales@bitandblade.co.uk and we will send you an application form. Once your account is open you can place your orders through the website on account, or you can email your purchase order to us.
Upon receipt of your application form and various checks are completed, usually 24-48hrs.