About

When I was a little girl, I wished on every shooting star and fallen eyelash for happiness. I believed that from happiness would come the courage to dream.

I grew up in rural Vermont, homeschooled by my mother and life-schooled by my carpenter–blacksmith father. The materials I use carry deep personal meaning, and sharing that meaning is part of my story. I hope my knives evoke curiosity while remaining grounded in simplicity.

Every knife starts as a piece of raw high-carbon steel. I heat it in the forge until it's glowing, then hammer it into shape on the anvil. After rough shaping, I normalize the steel, then grind the bevels. Next comes hardening, heating to critical temperature and quenching, followed by tempering to balance hardness and toughness.

Finally, I hand-finish the blade, shape and attach the handle, and sharpen the edge. The whole process takes days, sometimes weeks, for a single knife.

My Artisan knives are forged from recycled horseshoe rasps, farrier's tools used to trim horses' hooves. These rasps are made of high-carbon steel, which takes and holds a sharper edge than stainless. The distinctive tooth pattern on the spine of each knife is the original rasp texture, preserved as a reminder of the material's past life.

Handles are made from a variety of materials: reclaimed wood, antler, bone, and other found materials that connect each knife to a specific place and story.