The Forged Blade
We wanted to make a chef knife for years, but the blade had to feel as unique as the handle. That is what led us to Wanchana Kanrangsee, one of the most original bladesmiths we have ever come across.
Each blade is a 210mm (8.3 inch) gyuto, hand-forged from Copper San Mai with a 52100 high-carbon steel core, hardened to around 65 HRC. It is etched to create a stark contrast between the steel and copper. Sharp, functional, and made for real kitchen prep.
The Live Edge Handle
Each handle is made from stabilized burl and hand-poured resin in a continuous live edge design, engraved with its matching serial number. Every handle is one of one.
The hidden tang handle is pinned for strength, with the balance point just in front of the pinch grip for a natural feel. The end piece is made from the same Copper San Mai steel and copper material as the blade, tying the whole knife together.
The Custom Box
Each knife comes in a custom walnut box made in-house at Carved. The box is built to fit the knife perfectly and engraved with the matching serial number.
Magnets hold the case closed and allow it to double as a display stand for the knife.
What goes into one knife
Steel, copper, burl, and a lot of hand time.
San Mai blade
Each knife starts with a San Mai blade hand-forged by Wanchana Kanrangsee: a high-carbon steel core inside a copper jacket, etched so the line between the two metals reads as light and shadow. Every blade is forged on its own, so no two are identical.
Live-edge handle
At the Carved shop, a stabilized live-edge wood burl is set in hand-poured resin, so each handle is a one-time pour that no other knife can copy.
Assembled by hand
The blade and handle are brought together, then ground, balanced, and finished by hand at the Carved shop in Elkhart, Indiana, before each knife is photographed on its own.
One of one
Numbered and presented in an engraved Forged walnut box, then added to the collection and released with the next batch.
Every Forged Copper is the same San Mai build and shape. Because the blade is hand-forged and the handle is hand-poured, no two are ever identical.
