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One of the walls at Serenity Knives is dedicated entirely to custom and handmade knives created on site.
In addition to kitchen knives, Serenity Knives also o ers a selection of handmade pocket and hunting knives.
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Serenity Knives crafts, sharpens at Heights locale Russell Montgomery welcomes customers into his shop from all walks of life, but he estimates that
Serenity Knives owner Russell Montgomery uses the workspace attached to his showroom.
A closer look The custom knives o ered at Serenity are
around 40% of them are professional chefs. That’s because Montgomery runs Serenity Knives, which o ers handmade custom knives for a variety of uses. Knives, he said, are one of the most crucial tools for anyone looking to take their cooking to the next level. The backstory Montgomery founded his shop in 2010, running it out of his house for several years and using his garage as his base for crafting. In 2018, he began construction on the showroom, where he now showcases a wide variety of handmade and manu- factured knives of di erent sizes and purposes.
handmade, and Montgomery and his small team carve the shape of the knives on site. The steel is purchased from U.S. manufacturers, and material for the handles are sourced from artists around the U.S., Montgomery said. The rest of the process—including design, cutting out the steel, shaping the angles, adjusting the weight, putting in the grind lines, treating the knife with heat, bu ng and creating the edge—all take place in Montgomery’s workspace. What they’re saying “Even when we are making the same knife, it will come out a lot di erent,” Montgomery said.
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