We are what we eat

Melted copper onto the blades distorting the blades. The distortion comes from what we have seen here living in the bush in British Columbia for 25 years. The impact. The distortion in the steel follows the organic lines in the moose antler handles. The natural environment.

Moose antler off cuts, bent and distorted. We boiled the pieces, straightened them with clamps and vise.

recovered and repurposed. high carbon steel with a cobalt content laying on a table. Distorted blades with melted copper, hardening the blades warped, concave. Leaving a one side sharpening.

put together, sealed, soaked in tung oil for hours

Bears are all around us. They come into our yard. We meet them on the road. Hear their hollers in the spring and run into them in the bush.

Set of steak knives with an ulu. The ulu has a moose antler handle, lumber mill band saw steel blade.

Custom handmade steak knife roll

Three steak knives in a condo window look out at Canada Place.

6 steak knives, 5 knives in their knife roll pockets. Custom blades with melted copper bolsters. Copper pins, moose antler scales.

Steak knives drying. Hanging from a rack.