Forged with 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 3/4” chef blade features a versatile, slightly convex grind that is thin behind the edge and easy to maintain. The hidden tang adds comfort and ease of maintenance while shedding weight.

• size: 8 3/4” blade / 14 1/4” overall / 2 1/8” @ heel

• weight: 206 grams

• blade: feather pattern welded high carbon steel

• handle: Charred Cherry Burl (Athens, GA) & Blackwood (clarinet factory, Paris, France)