Heartwood Forge Sale - August 9, 2021

1. Laminated Paring / Blackwood

Laminated with love by hand in my shop. This paring knife features stainless cladding fused over a high carbon 1095 steel core. The tapered tang gives this paring knife a balance unlike most and is handled in beautiful reclaimed African Blackwood sourced from Parisian clarinet factory. Secured with three bronze pins represent the past, present and future as I honor my roots, focus on what is in front of me and contemplate the soon to be here changes that will accompany our first child, due August 25th.

• 3 1/8” blade / 7” overall

• 49 grams

• $475

2. Laminated Paring / Ironwood

Laminated with love by hand in my shop. This paring knife features stainless cladding fused over a high carbon 26C3 steel core. The tapered tang gives this paring knife a balance unlike most and is handled in beautiful reclaimed Arizona Ironwood. Stainless steel pins.

• 3 5/8” blade / 8 1/4” overall

• 71 grams

• $600

3. Laminated Petty / Blackwood & Ambrosia

Laminated with love by hand in my shop. This small utility knife features stainless cladding fused over a high carbon 26C3 steel core with a versatile, slightly convex grind that is thin behind the edge and easy to maintain. The tapered tang gives this petty knife a balance unlike most and is handled in beautiful reclaimed African Blackwood sourced from Parisian clarinet factory with an Ambrosia Maple bolster & copper pins.

• 5 5/8” blade / 10 1/8” overall

• 91 grams

• $825

4. Laminated Chef / Dogwood

Laminated with love by hand in my shop. This small chefs knife features stainless cladding fused over a high carbon 26C3 steel core with a versatile, slightly convex grind that is thin behind the edge and easy to maintain. The tapered tang gives this knife a balance unlike most and is handled in beautiful reclaimed Dogwood and secured with stainless steel pins.

• 6 3/4” blade / 11 3/4” overall

• 149 grams

• $1000

5. Laminated Chef / Duo Ambrosia

Laminated with love by hand in my shop. This small chefs knife features stainless cladding fused over a high carbon 26C3 steel core with a versatile, slightly convex grind that is thin behind the edge and easy to maintain. The tapered tang gives this knife a balance unlike most and is handled in beautiful reclaimed mossy Ambrosia Maple with a natural Ambrosia Maple bolster. Natural & copper pins.

• 6 5/8” blade / 11 3/4” overall

• 153 grams

• $1120

6. Laminated Chef / Spalted Maple & Walnut

Laminated with love by hand in my shop. This large hybrid chefs knife features soft stainless cladding fused over a hard, high carbon 26C3 steel core. The tapered tang gives this chefs knife a balance unlike most and is handled in beautiful stabilized & reclaimed spalted Maple and Turkish Walnut bolster that was once a gun stock. Bronze and natural pins hold the stabilized handle to the tang. Gentle convex grind and thin behind the edge.

• 8 3/4” blade / 13 7/8” overall

• 222 grams

• $1685

7. Petit Feathered Chef I

Forged with lots of love and a touch of anxiety - this is my favorite pattern to make with steel and still serves to be problematic and challenging - and maybe that is why I love it. It’s incredibly rewarding to build the feathered/flame pattern by repetitious cutting, welding and forging. But it’s really the last step that gets me, taking a billet of steel that you have meticulously cared for through steps and steps of repeated forging and splitting it down the middle to smear the pattern before welding it back together, creating the unmistakable feather pattern. The pattern you see on the blade is actually in the steel itself and will persist through uses though the initial high contrast etch may equalize, you will always see the pattern.

The contrasting alloys in the blade are sourced both from reclaimed lumber mill steel as well as virgin high carbon steel. The tapered full tang give this kitchen utility balance like no other. The handle is sculpted from beautiful striped Arizona Ironwood with a Smoked Birdseye Maple bolster. Three bronze pins represent the past, present and future as I honor my roots, focus on what is in front of me and contemplate the soon to be here changes that will accompany our first child, due August 25th.

• 5 3/8” blade / 10 1/2” overall

• 105 grams

• $1500

8. Petit Feathered Chef II

Forged with lots of love and a touch of anxiety - this is my favorite pattern to make with steel and still serves to be problematic and challenging - and maybe that is why I love it. It’s incredibly rewarding to build the feathered/flame pattern by repetitious cutting, welding and forging. But it’s really the last step that gets me, taking a billet of steel that you have meticulously cared for through steps and steps of repeated forging and splitting it down the middle to smear the pattern before welding it back together, creating the unmistakable feather pattern. The pattern you see on the blade is actually in the steel itself and will persist through uses though the initial high contrast etch may equalize, you will always see the pattern.

The contrasting alloys in the blade are sourced both from reclaimed lumber mill steel as well as virgin high carbon steel. The tapered full tang give this kitchen utility balance like no other. The handle is sculpted from African Blackwood sourced from a Parisian clarinet factory with a salvaged Turkish Walnut bolster. A single copper pin serves as a reminder to be present in the moment, nothing else. Thin behind the edge with a gentle convex grind.

• 6 1/4” blade / 11 1/4” overall

• 119 grams

• $1585

9. Summer’s Fingerprint Chef / Spalted Maple

Forged with lots of love and joy - creating a fingerprint pattern with steel serves to be an incredibly joyful experience. It’s a light hearted day in the shop when I make this steel - repetitious, but random cutting, welding and forging. The pattern creates itself and is impossible to replicate. The contrasting alloys in the blade are sourced both from reclaimed lumber mill steel as well as virgin high carbon steel. The tapered full tang give this kitchen utility balance like no other. The handle is sculpted from Spalted Maple. Three copper pins represent the past, present and future, or the growing household I find myself preparing for with the coming of our first baby girl, due August 25th.

• 6 1/8” blade / 11” overall

• 116 grams

• $1250

10. Santo Chef / Iron & Sycamore

Forged to shape from a classic carbon steel known as 1084 and polished to a satin finish, I left just a touch of the hammer on this Japanese styled chef - a mix between a gyuto and santoku. This all purpose chefs knife features a tapered full tang which provides balance and strength. Handle is sculpted from Blue Smoke Sycamore and Arizona Ironwood. Natural pins.

• 7 1/2” blade / 12 3/4” overall

• 185 grams

• $985

11. Nakiri / Ambrosia Maple

Made from recycled industrial bandsaw steel from a family run lumber mill in central Georgia, the large surface area and thinness behind the edge make this the perfect knife for your vegetables. The full tang handle is sculpted from reclaimed and stabilized ambrosia maple from North Carolina. Copper pins.

• 6 1/2” blade / 11 3/8” overall

• 172 grams

• $855

12. Nakiri / Oak Burl

Made from recycled industrial bandsaw steel from a family run lumber mill in central Georgia, the large surface area and thinness behind the edge make this the perfect knife for your vegetables. The full tang handle is sculpted from reclaimed and stabilized oak burl, also from Georgia. Copper pins.

• 6 1/2” blade / 11 1/4 overall

• 172 grams

• $875

14. Euro Chef / Duo Maple

Forged to shape from a classic carbon steel alloy that I cut from an antique lumber mill saw blade out of Hendersonville, NC. A touch of the hammer remains on this Euro-styled chefs knife. This all purpose chefs knife features a tapered full tang which provides balance and strength. Handle is sculpted from Ambrosia Maple & Blue Smoke Maple. Copper pins.

• 8 3/8” blade / 13 1/4” overall

• 182 grams

• $975

15. Spalted Chef

Hand forged to shape from a classic carbon steel alloy that I cut from an antique lumber mill saw blade out of Hendersonville, NC. A touch of the hammer remains on this chefs knife and features a tapered full tang which provides balance and strength. Handle is sculpted from Spalted Maple from north Georgia. Copper pins.

• 8 5/8” blade / 13 5/8” overall

• 191 grams

• $925

16. Artifact Chef / Spalted & Black

Hand forged to shape from a classic carbon steel alloy that I cut from an antique lumber mill saw blade out of Hendersonville, NC. The piece of steel I used came from the edge of the saw blade and I chose to leave artifacts of that past life near the tip of this blade - the valleys between the cutting teeth of a century+ old saw. A touch of the hammer remains on this deep-heeled gyuto-styled chefs knife and features a tapered full tang which provides balance and strength. Handle is sculpted from Spalted Maple burl with an African Blackwood bolster from a Parisian clarinet factory. Three copper pins represent the past, present and future as I honor my roots, focus on what is in front of me and contemplate the soon to be here changes that will accompany our first child, due August 25th.

• 8 3/8” blade / 13 3/4” overall

• 206 grams

• $1175

17. Euro Chef / Blue Smoke Tuxedo

Hand forged to shape from a classic carbon steel alloy that I cut from an antique lumber mill saw blade out of Hendersonville, NC. A touch of the hammer remains on this European styled chefs knife and features a tapered full tang which provides balance and strength. Handle is sculpted from Blue Smoke Ambrosia Maple from North Carolina. Copper hardware.

• 9” blade / 13 3/4” overall

• 219 grams

• $1275

18. Petit / Bluesmoke & Mahogany

The small all purpose wonder - an ever useful mid-sized blade is a compact work horse. Hand forged from a classic high carbon steel, the versatile, slightly convex grind is thin behind the edge and easy to maintain. A sturdy full tang handle is sculpted from Blue Smoke Ambrosia Maple with a Mahogany Burl bolster. Three copper pins represent the past, present and future as I honor my roots, focus on what is in front of me and contemplate the soon to be here changes that will accompany our first child, due August 25th.

• 5 1/2” blade / 10 1/8” overall

• 117 grams

• $735

28. Lee’s Table in Walnut / Set of 6

Table knives - for you and your beloved friends and family. Made using recycled industrial bandsaw steel from a family run lumber mill in central Georgia with full tang handles sculpted from Asheville, NC sourced walnut. Copper pins.

• 5” blade / 9 3/4” overall

• average 62.5 grams

• $2700

29. Lee’s Table in Ambrosia / Set of 6

Table knives - for you and your beloved friends and family. Made using recycled industrial bandsaw steel from a family run lumber mill in central Georgia with full tang handles sculpted from Asheville, NC sourced Ambrosia Maple. Three copper pins represent the past, present and future as I honor my roots, focus on what is in front of me and contemplate the soon to be here changes that will accompany our first child, due August 25th.

• 5” blade / 9 3/4” overall

• average 64 grams

• $2700

30. Lee’s Table in Blackwood / Set of 6

Table knives - for you and your beloved friends and family. Made using recycled industrial bandsaw steel from a family run lumber mill in central Georgia with full tang handles sculpted from beautiful African Blackwood sourced from a Parisian clarinet factory. Bronze code pins.

• 5” blade / 9 3/4” overall

• average 68.5 grams

• $2850

31. Bocote, Party of Two

More often than not it’s the small, intimate meals that call for your best utensils. Or build your collection slowly. Blades are made from a Swedish carbon steel industrial bandsaw sourced from a small family owned and operated lumber mill in central Georgia with slender Bocote handles. Hollow ground.

• 5” blade / 9 3/4” overall

• 55 grams each

• $875