Ballard Artisan Teaches You How to Make Your Own Chef’s Knife

Want to learn how to create your own 6-inch high-carbon steel chef knife?

By Chris Robinson May 31, 2019

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This article originally appeared in the June 2019 issue of Seattle magazine.

This article appears in print in the June 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe.

During his intensive two-day chef’s knifemaking workshops (6/15–6/16; $525) offered out of his Fire Horse Forge studio (Ballard,1415 NW 49th St.; 206.229.6008), knifemaker David Tuthill teaches students how to create their own 6-inch high-carbon steel chef knives, beginning with design basics and edge geometry and moving on to heat treating and sharpening. Or you could skip class and just order a cleaver custom-made by Tuthill; any way you slice it, these locally made blades are works of art.

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