Heartwood Forge Sale - December 3, 2022

1. Oak Chef I

This series exemplifies the heart of Heartwood Forge: recycled performance carbon steel, hand forged and hand finished, donning beautiful and storied reclaimed woods. Classic full tang construction is balanced by a tapered tang and spine to center the mass just in front of the handle. My freehand convex bevel geometry supports a robust, workhorse feel while the rounded choil and spine further energize the overall feel. I’ve always enjoyed the simple purity of forging a piece of 2000 degree steel into a full tang chefs knife using only a hammer and anvil. Ideas, shapes and lines evolve and present themselves with each hammer blow. What unfolds can only exist as a result of hundreds or thousands of decisions. It is where I came from and where I will always feel at home.

  • size: 7 1/8” blade / 11 3/4” overall

  • weight: 148 grams

  • blade: Monticello, GA lumber mill carbon steel

  • handle: stabilized storm fallen oak burl, Georgia

  • $820

2. Oak Chef II

This series exemplifies the heart of Heartwood Forge: recycled performance carbon steel, hand forged and hand finished, donning beautiful and storied reclaimed woods. Classic full tang construction is balanced by a tapered tang and spine to center the mass just in front of the handle. My freehand convex bevel geometry supports a robust, workhorse feel while the rounded choil and spine further energize the overall feel. I’ve always enjoyed the simple purity of forging a piece of 2000 degree steel into a full tang chefs knife using only a hammer and anvil. Ideas, shapes and lines evolve and present themselves with each hammer blow. What unfolds can only exist as a result of hundreds or thousands of decisions. It is where I came from and where I will always feel at home.

  • size: 7 1/4 ” blade / 11 7/8” overall

  • weight: 162 grams

  • blade: Monticello, GA lumber mill carbon steel

  • handle: stabilized storm fallen oak burl, Georgia

  • $835

3. Oak Chef III

This series exemplifies the heart of Heartwood Forge: recycled performance carbon steel, hand forged and hand finished, donning beautiful and storied reclaimed woods. Classic full tang construction is balanced by a tapered tang and spine to center the mass just in front of the handle. My freehand convex bevel geometry supports a robust, workhorse feel while the rounded choil and spine further energize the overall feel. I’ve always enjoyed the simple purity of forging a piece of 2000 degree steel into a full tang chefs knife using only a hammer and anvil. Ideas, shapes and lines evolve and present themselves with each hammer blow. What unfolds can only exist as a result of hundreds or thousands of decisions. It is where I came from and where I will always feel at home.

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

  • weight: 160 grams

  • blade: Monticello, GA lumber mill carbon steel

  • handle: stabilized storm fallen oak burl, Georgia

  • $890

4. Oak Drop Point Chef I

This series exemplifies the heart of Heartwood Forge: recycled performance carbon steel, hand forged and hand finished, donning beautiful and storied reclaimed woods. Classic full tang construction is balanced by a tapered tang and spine to center the mass just in front of the handle. My freehand convex bevel geometry supports a robust, workhorse feel while the rounded choil and spine further energize the overall feel. I’ve always enjoyed the simple purity of forging a piece of 2000 degree steel into a full tang chefs knife using only a hammer and anvil. Ideas, shapes and lines evolve and present themselves with each hammer blow. What unfolds can only exist as a result of hundreds or thousands of decisions. It is where I came from and where I will always feel at home.

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

  • weight: 184 grams

  • blade: Monticello, GA lumber mill carbon steel

  • handle: stabilized storm fallen oak burl, Georgia

  • $935

5. Oak Drop Point Chef II

This series exemplifies the heart of Heartwood Forge: recycled performance carbon steel, hand forged and hand finished, donning beautiful and storied reclaimed woods. Classic full tang construction is balanced by a tapered tang and spine to center the mass just in front of the handle. My freehand convex bevel geometry supports a robust, workhorse feel while the rounded choil and spine further energize the overall feel. I’ve always enjoyed the simple purity of forging a piece of 2000 degree steel into a full tang chefs knife using only a hammer and anvil. Ideas, shapes and lines evolve and present themselves with each hammer blow. What unfolds can only exist as a result of hundreds or thousands of decisions. It is where I came from and where I will always feel at home.

  • size: 8 1/4” blade / 13” overall

  • weight: 178 grams

  • blade: Monticello, GA lumber mill carbon steel

  • handle: stabilized storm fallen oak burl, Georgia

  • $950

6. Bluesmoke Drop Point Chef

This series exemplifies the heart of Heartwood Forge: recycled performance carbon steel, hand forged and hand finished, donning beautiful and storied reclaimed woods. Classic full tang construction is balanced by a tapered tang and spine to center the mass just in front of the handle. My freehand convex bevel geometry supports a robust, workhorse feel while the rounded choil and spine further energize the overall feel. I’ve always enjoyed the simple purity of forging a piece of 2000 degree steel into a full tang chefs knife using only a hammer and anvil. Ideas, shapes and lines evolve and present themselves with each hammer blow. What unfolds can only exist as a result of hundreds or thousands of decisions. It is where I came from and where I will always feel at home.

  • size: 6 5/8 ” blade / 11 5/8” overall

  • weight: 140 grams

  • blade: Monticello, GA lumber mill carbon steel

  • handle: stabilized bluesmoke ambrosia maple, Asheville, NC

  • $835

7. Sunset Chef

This series exemplifies the heart of Heartwood Forge: recycled performance carbon steel, hand forged and hand finished, donning beautiful and storied reclaimed woods. Classic full tang construction is balanced by a tapered tang and spine to center the mass just in front of the handle. My freehand convex bevel geometry supports a robust, workhorse feel while the rounded choil and spine further energize the overall feel. I’ve always enjoyed the simple purity of forging a piece of 2000 degree steel into a full tang chefs knife using only a hammer and anvil. Ideas, shapes and lines evolve and present themselves with each hammer blow. What unfolds can only exist as a result of hundreds or thousands of decisions. It is where I came from and where I will always feel at home.

  • size: 8 1/8” blade / 12 3/4” overall

  • weight: 162 grams

  • blade: Monticello, GA lumber mill carbon steel

  • handle: stabilized yellow cedar burl / padauk

  • $1010

8. Orbit Chef

This series exemplifies the heart of Heartwood Forge: recycled performance carbon steel, hand forged and hand finished, donning beautiful and storied reclaimed woods. Classic full tang construction is balanced by a tapered tang and spine to center the mass just in front of the handle. My freehand convex bevel geometry supports a robust, workhorse feel while the rounded choil and spine further energize the overall feel. I’ve always enjoyed the simple purity of forging a piece of 2000 degree steel into a full tang chefs knife using only a hammer and anvil. Ideas, shapes and lines evolve and present themselves with each hammer blow. What unfolds can only exist as a result of hundreds or thousands of decisions. It is where I came from and where I will always feel at home.

  • size: 8 3/4” blade / 13 3/4” overall

  • weight: 216 grams

  • blade: Monticello, GA lumber mill carbon steel

  • handle: African blackwood, Paris, France clarinet factory

  • $1075

9. Three Chef

This series exemplifies the heart of Heartwood Forge: recycled performance carbon steel, hand forged and hand finished, donning beautiful and storied reclaimed woods. Classic full tang construction is balanced by a tapered tang and spine to center the mass just in front of the handle. My freehand convex bevel geometry supports a robust, workhorse feel while the rounded choil and spine further energize the overall feel. I’ve always enjoyed the simple purity of forging a piece of 2000 degree steel into a full tang chefs knife using only a hammer and anvil. Ideas, shapes and lines evolve and present themselves with each hammer blow. What unfolds can only exist as a result of hundreds or thousands of decisions. It is where I came from and where I will always feel at home.

  • size: 9 1/8” blade / 14” overall

  • weight: 212 grams

  • blade: Monticello, GA lumber mill carbon steel

  • handle: African blackwood, Paris, France clarinet factory

  • $1050

10. Carbon & Rust

This series exemplifies the heart of Heartwood Forge: recycled performance carbon steel, hand forged and hand finished, donning beautiful and storied reclaimed woods. Classic full tang construction is balanced by a tapered tang and spine to center the mass just in front of the handle. My freehand convex bevel geometry supports a robust, workhorse feel while the rounded choil and spine further energize the overall feel. I’ve always enjoyed the simple purity of forging a piece of 2000 degree steel into a full tang chefs knife using only a hammer and anvil. Ideas, shapes and lines evolve and present themselves with each hammer blow. What unfolds can only exist as a result of hundreds or thousands of decisions. It is where I came from and where I will always feel at home.

  • size: 8 3/4” blade / 13 3/4” overall

  • weight: 212 grams

  • blade: Monticello, GA lumber mill carbon steel

  • handle: furniture maker offcut ebony, Asheville, NC / Ironwood, Arizona

  • $1100

11. Low Country Suji Chef

This series exemplifies the heart of Heartwood Forge: recycled performance carbon steel, hand forged and hand finished, donning beautiful and storied reclaimed woods. Classic full tang construction is balanced by a tapered tang and spine to center the mass just in front of the handle. My freehand convex bevel geometry supports a robust, workhorse feel while the rounded choil and spine further energize the overall feel. I’ve always enjoyed the simple purity of forging a piece of 2000 degree steel into a full tang chefs knife using only a hammer and anvil. Ideas, shapes and lines evolve and present themselves with each hammer blow. What unfolds can only exist as a result of hundreds or thousands of decisions. It is where I came from and where I will always feel at home.

  • size: 9 5/8” blade / 14 3/8” overall

  • weight: 200 grams

  • blade: Monticello, GA lumber mill carbon steel

  • handle: stabilized spalted maple, Asheville, NC / stabilized cherry flooring from childhood home

  • $1200