Saturday, April 9, 2011

NY CUTLERY:BROOKLYN NY



CHRIS HARTH IS A NATIVE MINNESOTAN LIVING IN BROOKLYN. HE'S MAKING HAND CRAFTED KNIVES, END GRAIN CUTTING BOARDS AND HARDWOOD CHARCOAL UNDER THE NAME NY CUTLERY. ALL HIS MATERIALS ARE RECLAIMED, THE METAL COMES FROM USED SAW MILL BLADES AND THE HANDLES ARE HARDWOOD SCRAP FROM A FURNITURE MAKERS BIN. HE IS ALSO MAKING CHARCOAL THAT COMES FROM (GLUE FREE) OAK SCRAP. THIS STUFF BURNS HOT AND FAST, THE KIND YOU WANT TO COOK YOUR DRY AGED RIBEYE OVER. ALL GOOD STUFF.


BOWIE KNIFE BEING ROUGHED OUT FROM AN OLD CARBON STEEL SAW BLADE
 BACKYARD BROOKLYN WORKSHOP
AN EARLY PROTOTYPE
CURRENT LINE
 END GRAIN CUTTING BOARDS
IN WALNUT
 CHRIS HARTH
 A RIFLE SLUG IN A CROSS SECTION OF A CHERRY TREE, WHICH WAS FOUND ON THE FAMILY FARM IN MINNESOTA. (ACROSS FROM HIS FATHER'S DEER STAND)
COMMON BUCKTHORN WOOD HANDLE
 FIELD TESTED ON SOME VENISON SUMMER SAUSAGE
 OAK CHARCOAL PRODUCTION










2 comments:

Ed O' Mahony. said...

This is just a brilliant story,great idea,beautiful knives and craftsmanship, I love it. Pity I live the other side of the Atlantic to get my hand on one of these.
Love TWBP too look at it almost every day.
Thank you.
Ed.

JR said...

great stuff!