Joel Black Knives is run by Joel, a chef turned blacksmith from Bristol, UK. From our forge in rural Herefordshire where Joel lives and studied forging we make hand crafted kitchen knives with function and provenance at the heart of their design.
Our mission is to make tools which are more than just objects to get the job done, you spend hundreds of hours of your life using a knife to sustain, nourish, and create, for yourself and others, and that relationship is deeply important to us. With this always in mind, we make off-the-shelf knives, and teach others to make their own chef's tools at our forge in Bromyard.
"There is currently a huge resurgence of craft knifemaking across the world - not just, as one might expect, in Japan. Craftsmen like Bob Kramer in the States, or Joel Black in the UK... are turning out amazing blades, bursting with character, buzzing with spirit"
Tim Hayward - KNIFE: The Culture, Craft and Cult of the Cook's Knife.
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