Anglesey Specialist Knife & Cookshop

Korben Bloomfield crafts one-of-a-kind knives & tools along with his brother at their workshop in Kent. First discovering the ability to move metal using fire and hammer as a hobby while in school, it was soon after college that he dedicated his time to bladesmithing with the express intent to create functional objects as unique as any in the world.

As Korben puts it, "I never take the easy route as a maker." His first homemade damascus was a complex mosaic, and today he forges striking chef's knives by hand from steel formulas for which his brother often makes the starting billet in close collaboration.

Korben's knives often feature beautifully sculpted integral bolsters, comfortable, purposefully shaped handles of wood stabilized in-house, and blades of strikingly etched finishes that boast superb geometry and workhorse utility. Delivered with custom wooden boxes, each object from the man behind KWB Knives is a wonderful marriage of form and function.