My Name is Tyson Wachter and I am a blacksmith and bladesmith currently living in Ontario, Canada. After more than 15 years of cooking professionally and owning two restaurants, my work is a reflection of my experience as a chef and a passion for high quality handmade tools. I enjoy exploring the medium of culinary knives as they are an everyday item often lacking creativity and visual interest. I feel that hand crafted items possess a warmth and joy that encourages the user to feel a connection. Handmade knives both perform better than their mass produced equivalent and provide joy in the daily task of preparing food. 

I work mostly with high carbon steels for their ability to forge as well as the resulting performance and edge retention. Often I explore jewelry techniques and enjoy using semi precious stones along with silver and copper alloys. Apart from blacksmithing I incorporate leather and woodworking in order to complete my pieces. I find most of my inspiration from historical examples of French and Japanese cutlery.