Knives

We love knives. Whether it's for cooking, carving, hunting, or foraging we cant' have enough sharp blades with beautiful handles. Some of our personal favorites are our Japanese Shun chef's knife for carving meat (it will be wielded by Jake Levin at the Sourced Material: Wool opening at flatbreadaffair) and our Swedish made mushroom knife. We often make fun of (Sourced Material artist and blade fanatic) Will Levin for always having at least three knives in his pick-up truck, not to mention the scores of sharp blades he has in his Wood-shop.

In today's  NY Times Men's Fashion magazine there was a cool piece, Blade Runners, about a series of knives that had been made by different European designers all based on the traditional Sammi (the nomadic people of the Nordic) knife, the leuku. These knives are beautiful and we appreciate the designers' combination of veneration and innovation. There was also an interesting article recently about professional cutlery sharpeners in New York City, Venerable Craft, Modern Practitioner. It is an important reminder of the overlooked ancient crafts that are still alive today in such cyber-tech obsessed urban areas.