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finally if your a seasoned chef or a home cook
you know how important it is to have a really good set of knives
feast magazine publisher catherine neville introduces us to a chef and artists
knife maker who's one of a kind creations put the fun in function
you think all knives are created equal you haven't seen the work of nate bonner
it was almost something that
naturally came about through
uh... a series of random events that led me into
the shop right now and surrounded by knives. more on how this chef added knife making to his
repertoire a little later
first abuses steps that go into a product from any jury night works
it started the design honor drafts on paper and cardboard this is the basis
for a brat pack in metal then honor puts on the safety gear and head for the
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make fire started collecting and trading nights as a child
he learned the basics of night making from policemen at silver dollar city
at the import in branson missouri
fire followed up his instruction with al
lot of research
he started selling his wares just after the christmas shopping season of two
thousand
now what sets ponders nisa head of the pack are there hype opting handles
they're made with the same caring press mission as the blades
and materials that go into those handles includes just about anything that you
can imagine rooming gotta move into something like this which
you know we got candy wrappers i was inspired by
some candy about intranet and in your city
which whenever a to the wrapper was so beautiful
and so uh...
a friend of mine one day i said why don't you just do itself in in the
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why not
this is the date that it does
and i was one of the things you know the answer is and so
the grand juries
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they handle start out as blocks made with a proprietary solution that allows
the contents to be cut in-car blake word here's the snow fungus
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the rest of work really makes that a mansion on com related
is what i can tell you
buyers nights are currently offered for sale in two places locally
the n_h_k_ website and burger really covering on health
kill more than four decades saint louis area chefs in home concept convert a
rally for night sharpening services
purchasing nights and home
manner of high and cookware and accessories
in the first four
months of offering any age denies
we're really has sold about forty five
in addition to the nights the store offers salt and pepper grinders and chef
pants also made by nate bonner
manager dan berger really said he knew bonner long before he started knife
making and was impressed by their level of quality and artistry
were you surprised when you saw denies and how good
they actually are how how unique they were
and there's nothing like it on the market
uh... that sometimes hunting knives skinner
can go kind of uh... unique instance like that but it was that as you can
tell that the handles a response from the quality of the steel he was using
it did it blew me away actually kinda right out the back
we start off with a lot of the like local mushrooms and andrea local
products eight points and things like that which is very unique very neat and
uh...
he keeps getting battered *** i at this time please keep me more than five
minutes instead of radar and he's not mean that handle that police fanned out
please actions and uh... a carbon steel for the actual way what does that mean
comets mealtime steel but use the kind of up to our quality
almost get like a pitino on it it
it's a steel is kind of gone away to a lot more the stainless steel products
but this is uh... kind of an artist in steel that's coming back a lot of the
high and chapter
clamoring to find it begins so you took his knowledge of actually being in the
shop world and and put the somethin you know from the functional like that
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may ban gay about full-time looking to build more days and reduce an eighty
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but through his other company called chef needs table buyer continues to
prepare meals for select clients
that's about it
but at least able started off as a way for me to be present cooking classes
his and started to you
what i like to call private dining room for clothing
and it really turned into something else attendants to
server
family thing right now i have the center for people that always call me and and
through the documents a shotgun effort for the parties i have a few local
businesses that the meetings there
so they will allow clients grammar
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connor studied at the new england culinary institute in vermont
and later signed on as an instructor he's also run of cooking school and
worked as an executive chef
his cooking styles could be described as old-school simple preparations using the
freshest ingredients
and if you're wondering what nineties cooking with here ironically they're not
his creations the any jpy line is temporarily sold out
uh... this is just great mosque balsamic and on the menu tonight strip steaks and
australian lamb chops on a bed of sauteed vegetables to this gorgeous at
held case
but
and these friends and family members give their thumbs up to
so what did they think it may ponders the new venture
i think it's fantastic at first i did buy was surprised i didn't know that he
was interested in nights
and the dominique and you need a backstory a bunny was younger and he
would visit brien fan and kinda got to know that knife maker there and i
thought it was fantastic edit these fallon is dreams and it also has to be
with us cooking so it kind of just one in line with that
something that he excels at and i think is nicer fabulous as i have to keep our
fingers and and and and i'm getting a bit at i'm really happy for him
incubated
they found a niche in the market and it's really exciting to have someone
that
is a craft and you know himself and doing that right here in st
they denied is like a piece of american heritage say so like there are these
huge names not making across united states and then
yet may who is kind of thinking that legacy in
bringing in other styles and reimold worms and i think that's the part of the
or that i really appreciate that
fires future plans include sales trips to new york in california
focusing on specialty stores and down the road and plans to hire an apprentice
all while morning scrapbooks i mean i would do it anyway that this was
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