Air Partner Magazine Spring Summer 2025 UK - Magazine - Page 92
PRECISION MAKES PERFECTION
AN U N WAV E RI N G C O M M I T M E N T
TO P E R S O N A L S E R V I C E .
C U S T O M C R E AT I O N S A N D
BESPOKE BLADES
Comprising a collection of exquisitely
crafted individual knives and carefully
curated sets, the Custom range is an
excellent solution for those looking to
dip their toe into the knifemaking world.
Laurie explains, “Our custom knives are an
incredibly popular option, especially as gifts,
and they allow customers to create a highly
individual product, complementing kitchen
accent colours or existing utensils, without
necessarily needing to have a design
already in mind.”
But how does it work exactly? Well, once
you've chosen the blade shape – whether
Genuine understanding
of what the customer
truly desires.
it’s a chef's knife, a hefty cleaver, or even
a charming G&T slicer ideal for cutting
limes or lemons – the real fun begins.
And, if that level of customisation isn’t enough,
so they ask us, and we make it for them.
Choose from over twenty handle materials,
Savernake also encourages commissions,
We sketch the design again and again until it’s
including classic English walnut or striking
designing and crafting entirely bespoke
exactly what they imagined and then produce
thermal resins in contemporary colours and
knives from scratch. Clients, including
a prototype. Only when they are completely
patterns. Then, select everything from the
renowned chefs like Tom Aikens, Mark
composition of the liner colour and spine
Sargeant, and Tom Kerridge, have challenged
satis昀椀ed do we then start the meticulous
process of making the knife. We’ve even had
detail down to the sharpness of the blade
Savernake’s craftsmen to produce highly
lovely examples where a client brought in a
and the personalised engraving etched
technical knives, but Laurie has also been
treasured family heirloom for us to remake
onto it. Each knife is already one-of-a-kind,
pleasantly surprised by the demand from
in modern materials. We’ll get the weight,
but with over 40,000 design combinations,
passionate home cooks. “It often starts with a
balance, and geometry precisely the same,
you are almost guaranteed a totally
slightly apprehensive email where they’ve had
creating an exact replica to be passed down
unique product.
an idea, but they’re not sure what’s possible,
for generations.”