Welcome
Welcome to my new website. I make artisan knives, entirely by hand in my workshop in Merida, Yucatan. Each knife is carefully crafted, one at a time, from high carbon or stainless tool steel, natural horns, tropical hardwoods and nickel and coin silver. Many hours of hand craftsmanship go into every knife. And every knife is made to be used
I both forge and grind the blades by hand, and after rough shaping, they are hardened and tempered in a forge or furnace.
The backs of folding knife blades are filed, chiseled and carved in a decorative vine, geometric or serpent pattern. The escutcheons on the handles are made from old silver coins, hammered flat on an anvil, filed to shape and polished. The hammer marks on the pins that hold the knives together are left as a decorative reminder of the labor required to craft them. The scars on my hands bear witness to the sharpness of the blades and the hours of work that I put into each knife.
I began hand crafting knives more than thirty-five years ago, and in 1980, worked at the adobe forge of Don Primitivo Pablo Romano, a machete maker in Cualác, Guerrero Mexico. I am happy to be in Mexico again!
Please check the Handmade Knives pages to see some representative examples of Kitchen, Folding and Hunting / Camp Knives. To see knives that can be purchased immediately, check the Available Knives page. If you would like to order a knife made with specific handle materials, options or etching, please refer to the Order / Options page.
When in Yucatan, you're welcome to call or email to arrange a visit to my workshop. A selection of my work is also available for sale at the hotel Rosas & Xcocolate on the Paseo Montejo, Merida, and at Coqui Coqui - Merida and Coba.
Gracias,
Jeff Ware
I both forge and grind the blades by hand, and after rough shaping, they are hardened and tempered in a forge or furnace.
The backs of folding knife blades are filed, chiseled and carved in a decorative vine, geometric or serpent pattern. The escutcheons on the handles are made from old silver coins, hammered flat on an anvil, filed to shape and polished. The hammer marks on the pins that hold the knives together are left as a decorative reminder of the labor required to craft them. The scars on my hands bear witness to the sharpness of the blades and the hours of work that I put into each knife.
I began hand crafting knives more than thirty-five years ago, and in 1980, worked at the adobe forge of Don Primitivo Pablo Romano, a machete maker in Cualác, Guerrero Mexico. I am happy to be in Mexico again!
Please check the Handmade Knives pages to see some representative examples of Kitchen, Folding and Hunting / Camp Knives. To see knives that can be purchased immediately, check the Available Knives page. If you would like to order a knife made with specific handle materials, options or etching, please refer to the Order / Options page.
When in Yucatan, you're welcome to call or email to arrange a visit to my workshop. A selection of my work is also available for sale at the hotel Rosas & Xcocolate on the Paseo Montejo, Merida, and at Coqui Coqui - Merida and Coba.
Gracias,
Jeff Ware
