Rhymer Knives produces handmade chef knives and kitchen cutlery from a workshop in Georgia, founded by a self-taught bladesmith who began forging at age 14 and refined his craft after military deployment to Afghanistan in 2019. Each knife is individually handcrafted with distal tapers for balance, razor-sharp edges, and the traditional forging techniques that separate a maker's blade from a factory's.
The steel work runs from 26C3 high-carbon taken to 64 HRC, including hamon blades whose visible hardening line is earned in the quench rather than etched on, to Nitro-V stainless across the working Western Chef, Nakiri, and Kitchen Utility models, plus ProCut builds like the K-Tip Gyuto Procut. Where each of these sits among modern blade steels is covered in our knife steel guide, and finishes range from mirror polish to Damascus patterning.
The collection spans Western chef knives, Bunka and K-tip profiles, Santoku styles, and Petty chef knives across the Workhorse, Masterline, and Hamon series, from petty sizes up to 8-inch chef profiles. Handles pair African blackwood with box elder burl, with buffalo horn and copper bolster accents on premium builds, all natural materials covered in our knife handle materials guide that develop character with every session on the board. These are custom-grade kitchen knives for professional chefs and home cooks who want a blade with a maker behind it, built one at a time and gone when they're gone.