Heartwood Forge Sale - May 9, 2022

1. Feather Boning / Petty

Forged with lots of love and a healthy dose of anxiety - this is a favorite pattern of mine. It’s rewarding work to develop the pattern by repetitious cutting, welding and forging. But it’s really the last step that gets me, taking a billet of steel that I have meticulously forged and splitting it down the middle to drag the pattern before fusing it back together with hammer and anvil, creating the unmistakable feather pattern. The pattern on the blade is in the steel itself and will persist through use and patina.

At 6 1/2” this protein oriented petty features a versatile, slightly convex grind that is thin behind the edge and easy to maintain. The full tang bolster imparts a stout feel while the majority hidden tang adds to the comfort and ease of maintenance while shedding weight.

• size: approximately 6 1/2” blade / 11 5/8” overall

• weight: 146 grams

• blade: feather pattern welded high carbon steel

• handle: Georgia cherry burl / North Carolina Mossy Maple

• $1820

2. Feather Petty

Forged with lots of love and a healthy dose of anxiety - this is a favorite pattern of mine. It’s rewarding work to develop the pattern by repetitious cutting, welding and forging. But it’s really the last step that gets me, taking a billet of steel that I have meticulously forged and splitting it down the middle to drag the pattern before fusing it back together with hammer and anvil, creating the unmistakable feather pattern. The pattern on the blade is in the steel itself and will persist through use and patina.

At just over 6” this petty features a versatile, slightly convex grind that is thin behind the edge and easy to maintain. The full tang bolster imparts a stout feel while the majority hidden tang adds to the comfort and ease of maintenance while shedding weight.

• size: approximately 6 1/4” blade / 11 1/2” overall

• weight: 152 grams

• blade: feather pattern welded high carbon steel

• handle: Georgia oak burl

• $1750

3. Feather Chef - Walnut

Forged with lots of love and a healthy dose of anxiety - this is a favorite pattern of mine. It’s rewarding work to develop the pattern by repetitious cutting, welding and forging. But it’s really the last step that gets me, taking a billet of steel that I have meticulously forged and splitting it down the middle to drag the pattern before fusing it back together with hammer and anvil, creating the unmistakable feather pattern. The pattern on the blade is in the steel itself and will persist through use and patina.

This 8 1/2” chef blade features a versatile, slightly convex grind that is thin behind the edge and easy to maintain. The full tang bolster imparts a stout feel while the majority hidden tang adds to the comfort and ease of maintenance while shedding weight.

• size: approximately 8 1/2” blade / 13 1/2” overall

• weight: 192 grams

• blade: feather pattern welded high carbon steel

• handle: Turkish Walnut (gun stock, Selma, AL) & Blackwood (clarinet factory, Paris, France)

• $2380

4. Feather Chef - Cherry Char

Forged with lots of love and a healthy dose of anxiety - this is a favorite pattern of mine. It’s rewarding work to develop the pattern by repetitious cutting, welding and forging. But it’s really the last step that gets me, taking a billet of steel that I have meticulously forged and splitting it down the middle to drag the pattern before fusing it back together with hammer and anvil, creating the unmistakable feather pattern. The pattern on the blade is in the steel itself and will persist through use and patina.

This 8” chef blade features a versatile, slightly convex grind that is thin behind the edge and easy to maintain. The full tang bolster imparts a stout feel while the majority hidden tang adds to the comfort and ease of maintenance while shedding weight.

• size: approximately 8” blade / 13” overall

• weight: 176 grams

• blade: feather pattern welded high carbon steel

• handle: Georgia cherry burl / North Carolina spalted maple

• $2240

5. Feather Chef - Biochar

Forged with lots of love and a healthy dose of anxiety - this is a favorite pattern of mine. It’s rewarding work to develop the pattern by repetitious cutting, welding and forging. But it’s really the last step that gets me, taking a billet of steel that I have meticulously forged and splitting it down the middle to drag the pattern before fusing it back together with hammer and anvil, creating the unmistakable feather pattern. The pattern on the blade is in the steel itself and will persist through use and patina.

This 9”+ chef blade features a versatile, slightly convex grind that is thin behind the edge and easy to maintain. The full tang bolster imparts a stout feel while the majority hidden tang adds to the comfort and ease of maintenance while shedding weight.

• size: approximately 9 3/8” blade / 15” overall

• weight: 232 grams

• blade: feather pattern welded high carbon steel

• handle: Arizona Ironwood burl / North Carolina blue smoke maple

• $2620

6. Feather Nakiri - Fire Field

Forged with lots of love and a healthy dose of anxiety - this is a favorite pattern of mine. It’s rewarding work to develop the pattern by repetitious cutting, welding and forging. But it’s really the last step that gets me, taking a billet of steel that I have meticulously forged and splitting it down the middle to drag the pattern before fusing it back together with hammer and anvil, creating the unmistakable feather pattern. The pattern on the blade is in the steel itself and will persist through use and patina.

This 7” nakiri blade features a versatile, slightly convex grind that is thin behind the edge and easy to maintain. The full tang bolster imparts a stout feel while the majority hidden tang adds to the comfort and ease of maintenance while shedding weight.

• size: approximately 7” blade / 12 1/2” overall

• weight: 194 grams

• blade: feather pattern welded high carbon steel

• handle: Georgia oak burl / North Carolina maple

• $2240

7. Feather Suji Slicer

Forged with lots of love and a healthy dose of anxiety - this is a favorite pattern of mine. It’s rewarding work to develop the pattern by repetitious cutting, welding and forging. But it’s really the last step that gets me, taking a billet of steel that I have meticulously forged and splitting it down the middle to drag the pattern before fusing it back together with hammer and anvil, creating the unmistakable feather pattern. The pattern on the blade is in the steel itself and will persist through use and patina.

This 11” slicing blade features a versatile, slightly convex grind that is thin behind the edge and easy to maintain. The full tang bolster imparts a stout feel while the majority hidden tang adds to the comfort and ease of maintenance while shedding weight.

• size: approximately 11” blade / 16 3/4” overall

• weight: 196 grams

• blade: feather pattern welded high carbon steel

• handle: Blackwood (clarinet factory, Paris, France) / Kentucky emerald sycamore

• $3080

8. Bourbon Gyuto - Origin

Highlighting the beauty of salvaged materials is always a goal of mine. Bourbon barrel strap are cut and layered with nickel and then fused together before being laminated to high carbon steel. The working edge is a high performance steel while this knife gets it looks from labor intensive recycled cladding. This 7 1/2” gyuto style blade features a versatile, slightly convex grind that is thin behind the edge and easy to maintain. The full tang bolster imparts a stout feel while the majority hidden tang adds to the comfort and ease of maintenance while shedding weight.

• size: 7 1/2” blade / 12 3/4” overall

• weight: 188 grams

• blade: bourbon barrel strap (Willett Distillery, Bardstown, KY), pure nickel and 26C3 high carbon steel (imported)

• handle: North Carolina spalted maple, copper, Blackwood (clarinet factory, Paris, France)

• $1885

9. Bourbon Euro Chef - Elevation

Highlighting the beauty of salvaged materials is always a goal of mine. Bourbon barrel strap are cut and layered with nickel and then fused together before being laminated to high carbon steel. The working edge is a high performance steel while this knife gets it looks from labor intensive recycled cladding. This 7 3/4” Euro-chef style blade features a versatile, slightly convex grind that is thin behind the edge and easy to maintain. The full tang bolster imparts a stout feel while the majority hidden tang adds to the comfort and ease of maintenance while shedding weight.

• size: 7 3/4” blade / 13” overall

• weight: 186 grams

• blade: bourbon barrel strap (Willett Distillery, Bardstown, KY), pure nickel and 26C3 high carbon steel (imported)

• handle: Blackwood (clarinet factory, Paris, France), copper

• $1855

10. Twisted Chef - Fiddlehead

Forged from layers of contrasting alloy carbon steels. The last step before forging the blade is to heat the block of steel to nearly 2000° and twist. From there, the blade is forged to shape by hand, hammer and anvil to this Euro-chef shape. The balanced blade is complimented by a full tang bolster, which imparts a stout feel while the majority hidden tang adds comfort and ease of maintenance while shedding weight.

• size: 7 1/4” blade / 12 3/4” overall

• weight: 170 grams

• blade: twisted pattern welded high carbon steel

• handle: Blackwood (clarinet factory, Paris, France) / Kentucky emerald sycamore

• $1640

11. Twisted Chef - Final Frost

Forged from layers of contrasting alloy carbon steels. The last step before forging the blade is to heat the block of steel to nearly 2000° and twist. From there, the blade is forged to shape by hand, hammer and anvil to this Euro-chef shape. The balanced blade is complimented by a full tang bolster, which imparts a stout feel while the majority hidden tang adds comfort and ease of maintenance while shedding weight.

• size: 7 1/8” blade / 12 5/8” overall

• weight: 172 grams

• blade: twisted pattern welded high carbon steel

• handle: Turkish Walnut (gun stock, Selma, AL) / Blackwood (clarinet factory, Paris, France)

• $1600

12. Twisted Chef - Sun Shower

Forged from layers of contrasting alloy carbon steels. The last step before forging the blade is to heat the block of steel to nearly 2000° and twist. From there, the blade is forged to shape by hand, hammer and anvil to this Euro-chef shape. The balanced blade is complimented by a full tang bolster, which imparts a stout feel while the majority hidden tang adds comfort and ease of maintenance while shedding weight.

• size: 8” blade / 13 1/2” overall

• weight: 168 grams

• blade: twisted pattern welded high carbon steel

• handle: Yellow Cedar Burl (gift from friend, Canada) / Arizona ironwood burl

• $1800

14. Twisted Chef - Saint Brigid of Kildare

Forged from layers of contrasting alloy carbon steels. The last step before forging the blade is to heat the block of steel to nearly 2000° and twist. From there, the blade is forged to shape by hand, hammer and anvil to this Euro-chef shape. The balanced blade is complimented by a full tang bolster, which imparts a stout feel while the majority hidden tang adds comfort and ease of maintenance while shedding weight.

• size: 8” blade / 13 1/2” overall

• weight: 198 grams

• blade: twisted pattern welded high carbon steel

• handle: blue smoke birds eye Maple (banjo neck, North Carolina) / Arizona ironwood

• $1840

15. The Companion

Everyone needs a pocket sword. This little kaiken style knife was forged using one of my favorite techniques, san mai, which translates loosely from Japanese as “three flat things.”  Traditionally these were carried in women’s kimono pockets for self defense, but these are modern times and the only thing we need defense against being caught without our every-day-carry. Laminated with love by hand in my shop using recycled steel from a semi truck bumper and high carbon steel. Just over 8” total length, this symmetrically ground knife features a tapered full tang, lanyard hole and magnetic blade cover by my good friend Bud Siniard in Watkinsville, GA.

• size: 3 1/2” blade / 8 1/4” overall

• weight: 74 grams

• blade: high carbon 80CRv2 steel core fused to 416 stainless steel cladding

• handle: reclaimed Padauk from furniture maker

• $720

16. Iron & Smoke Chef

This useful mid-large sized blade is a work horse. Hand forged with a versatile, slightly convex grind that is thin behind the edge and easy to maintain. Sturdy full tang handle construction.

• size: 7 3/4” blade / 12 1/4” overall

• weight: 142 grams

• blade: cold forged classic 10-series high carbon steel

• handle: Blue smoke Maple North Carolina / Arizona Ironwood

• $935

17. Oak & Smoke Chef

This useful mid-large sized blade is a work horse. Hand forged with a versatile, slightly convex grind that is thin behind the edge and easy to maintain. Sturdy full tang handle construction.

• size: 7 3/4” blade / 12 1/4” overall

• weight: 142 grams

• blade: cold forged classic 10-series high carbon steel

• handle: Oak Burl Georgia / Blue smoke Maple North Carolina

• $935

18. Smoke Chef

This useful mid-large sized blade is a work horse. Hand forged with a versatile, slightly convex grind that is thin behind the edge and easy to maintain. Sturdy full tang handle construction.

• size: 7 3/4” blade / 12 1/4” overall

• weight: 154 grams

• blade: cold forged classic 10-series high carbon steel

• handle: Blue smoke Maple North Carolina

• $855

28. Waterfall Paring

I designed this paring knife last year after making many “granny” style paring knives, I decided to update the design with a slightly longer blade and handle. On the porch slicing or in the garden for harvest, make your own pouch and carry it with you. Its small stature make this parer more versatile than may first meet the eye. The stout full tang gives this knife a reliable presence.

• size: 3 3/4” blade / 8” overall

• weight: 48 grams

• blade: cold forged classic 10-series high carbon steel

• handle: waterfall sycamore, Kentucky

• $350

29. Flatland Paring

I designed this paring knife last year after making many “granny” style paring knives, I decided to update the design with a slightly longer blade and handle. On the porch slicing or in the garden for harvest, make your own pouch and carry it with you. Its small stature make this parer more versatile than may first meet the eye. The stout full tang gives this knife a reliable presence.

• size: 3 3/4” blade / 8” overall

• weight: 48 grams

• blade: cold forged classic 10-series high carbon steel

• handle: walnut / spalted maple

• $400

30. Sunrise Paring

I designed this paring knife last year after making many “granny” style paring knives, I decided to update the design with a slightly longer blade and handle. On the porch slicing or in the garden for harvest, make your own pouch and carry it with you. Its small stature make this parer more versatile than may first meet the eye. The stout full tang gives this knife a reliable presence.

• size: 3 3/4” blade / 8” overall

• weight: 52 grams

• blade: cold forged classic 10-series high carbon steel

• handle: maple burl

• $365

31. Woodland Paring

I designed this paring knife last year after making many “granny” style paring knives, I decided to update the design with a slightly longer blade and handle. On the porch slicing or in the garden for harvest, make your own pouch and carry it with you. Its small stature make this parer more versatile than may first meet the eye. The stout full tang gives this knife a reliable presence.

• size: 3 3/4” blade / 8” overall

• weight: 48 grams

• blade: cold forged classic 10-series high carbon steel

• handle: Emerald Sycamore, Kentucky / Turkish Walnut, Alabama, shotgun stock

• $400

32. Spring Night Paring

I designed this paring knife last year after making many “granny” style paring knives, I decided to update the design with a slightly longer blade and handle. On the porch slicing or in the garden for harvest, make your own pouch and carry it with you. Its small stature make this parer more versatile than may first meet the eye. The stout full tang gives this knife a reliable presence.

• size: 3 3/4” blade / 8” overall

• weight: 58 grams

• blade: cold forged classic 10-series high carbon steel

• handle: Blackwood (clarinet factory, France)

• $350

33. Classic Blackwood Granny

I designed this after an antique fork I found with a simple bone handle. It struck me as the ultimate timeless tool - I loved the well worn handle shape and size so much I started with that element and designed the blade to fit the handle.

On the porch slicing or in the garden for harvest, make your own pouch and carry it with you. Its small stature make this parer more versatile than may first meet the eye. The stout full tang gives each knife a reliable presence. The classic carbon steel is cold forged to shape by hand, using hammer and anvil.

• size: 3 1/4” blade / 6 3/4” overall

• weight: 50 grams

• blade: cold forged classic 10-series high carbon steel

• handle: Blackwood (clarinet factory, France)

• $300

34. Classic Burl Granny

I designed this after an antique fork I found with a simple bone handle. It struck me as the ultimate timeless tool - I loved the well worn handle shape and size so much I started with that element and designed the blade to fit the handle.

On the porch slicing or in the garden for harvest, make your own pouch and carry it with you. Its small stature make this parer more versatile than may first meet the eye. The stout full tang gives each knife a reliable presence. The classic carbon steel is cold forged to shape by hand, using hammer and anvil.

• size: 3 1/8” blade / 6 1/2” overall

• weight: 46 grams

• blade: cold forged classic 10-series high carbon steel

• handle: Oak Burl, Georgia

• $300

35. Classic Blackwood Granny II

I designed this after an antique fork I found with a simple bone handle. It struck me as the ultimate timeless tool - I loved the well worn handle shape and size so much I started with that element and designed the blade to fit the handle.

On the porch slicing or in the garden for harvest, make your own pouch and carry it with you. Its small stature make this parer more versatile than may first meet the eye. The stout full tang gives each knife a reliable presence. The classic carbon steel is cold forged to shape by hand, using hammer and anvil.

• size: 3” blade / 6 1/2” overall

• weight: 40 grams

• blade: cold forged classic 10-series high carbon steel

• handle: Blackwood (clarinet factory, France)

• $300

36. Classic Waterfall Granny

I designed this after an antique fork I found with a simple bone handle. It struck me as the ultimate timeless tool - I loved the well worn handle shape and size so much I started with that element and designed the blade to fit the handle.

On the porch slicing or in the garden for harvest, make your own pouch and carry it with you. Its small stature make this parer more versatile than may first meet the eye. The stout full tang gives each knife a reliable presence. The classic carbon steel is cold forged to shape by hand, using hammer and anvil.

• size: 3 1/4 blade / 6 3/4” overall

• weight: 44 grams

• blade: cold forged classic 10-series high carbon steel

• handle: Waterfall Sycamore, Kentucky

• $300

37. Classic Blackwood Granny III

I designed this after an antique fork I found with a simple bone handle. It struck me as the ultimate timeless tool - I loved the well worn handle shape and size so much I started with that element and designed the blade to fit the handle.

On the porch slicing or in the garden for harvest, make your own pouch and carry it with you. Its small stature make this parer more versatile than may first meet the eye. The stout full tang gives each knife a reliable presence. The classic carbon steel is cold forged to shape by hand, using hammer and anvil.

• size: 3 1/4 blade / 6 3/4” overall

• weight: 46 grams

• blade: cold forged classic 10-series high carbon steel

• handle: Blackwood (clarinet factory, France)

• $300