Bob Kramer
One of few American Master Bladesmiths making kitchen knives, whose chef's knives fetch thousands and sell by lottery.
Veronica's Take
Bob Kramer, an American Master Bladesmith born in 1958, is the kind of craftsman who makes chefs speak of his kitchen knives with the reverence of violinists discussing a Stradivarius. His blades, forged with a dedication that once led him to craft a chef's knife from a meteorite, are so sought after that they sell by lottery, with waitlists stretching for years. Kramer's obsession with perfection has made his knives, which fetch thousands, the dark horse choice for culinary obsessives who know that an edge from him is worth the pilgrimage.
He once forged a chef's knife from a meteorite; cooks speak of his edges the way violinists speak of a Stradivarius, and wait years to get one.
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