Storch Knives

My knives are in use world wide. Professional chefs and cooks use Storch knives. Hunters report using Storch knives for skinning several animals without resharpening.I work from my rural workshop near Mannville, Alberta, Canada. My shop includes a hydraulic press for forge welding and my own handmade grinders and forges. Most steel is hardened in molten salt in my shop.I have studied under world-class knifemaker Brian Lyttle and credit Brian as an inspiration and teacher in the art of pattern welding, also known as damascus steel.I became hooked on the craft when I made my first knife (from a saw blade and axe handle) at the age of 12. Later, at Olds College in the early 1960's, I learned how to heat treat steel. Classes at Lakeland College in Vermilion, Alberta, showed me where to source knifemakers' supplies and how to finish handles and blades to high standards.I approach each project with the combination of skills, materials and techniques that will produce the knife best suited to its intended use.