Chatwin1610
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Short story: I'm a former chef from Luxembourg, worked in fine restaurants and sailboats around the world, decided to go back to university to get a Masters in Product Design in Denmark and now live in beautiful Kamloops, BC, Canada.
Long story: After a long time thinking about opening an ETSY shop, I've finally taken the steps to slow down my design consultant career and decide that I'll dedicate more of my time to family and my own design products. With each sale and support from my buyers and community, I'm getting a step closer to Chatwin becoming my full time job, designing and developing thoughtful products that populate the space between the kitchen and dining table. After culinary school and several years cooking mostly in European restaurants and on sailboats and getting to travel to over 95 countries, I went back to university and got a Masters degree in Product Design in Denmark, the land of good design. I started my own design consultancy along with an architect in Luxembourg working all over Europe and then opened an office in Vancouver, BC. After a few years of non-stop work, and eventually burning out, I decided to close shop, and go back to my two passion: Food and Design (well... maybe three: Food, Design and the Great Outdoors).
In 2012, I settled in beautiful Kamloops, BC, Canada to raise a family and continued my family traditions dating back many generations using skills of fishing and hunting, gathering and growing your own food. I'm a fly fisherman at heart, bow hunt seasonally and cook every meal, every day from scratch. At home, we eat what I catch, harvest, grow or hunt.
Food is shared love.
The logical next step was to merge my passions for food and thoughtfully designed products. The Crucial chef knife collection is my first own product, which took me three years to design and develop. In my small workshop each knife set comes to life, small batches at a time. Honestly, they're a pretty sweet product, gift and daily tool, and I'm proud to put my name on every single set that I ship out.
If you have any questions, please ask.
Happy Shopping, and bon appétit!
Philippe
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and please #stayhome and cook good food.
And if you need a good recipe, just ask.
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taylorls20091 on 06 Dec, 2022
5 out of 5 starsAmazing seller! Beautiful knives extremely well packaged. Very very happy!
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newsha on 18 Dec, 2022
5 out of 5 starsI was looking for a unique gift for my boyfriend's birthday and these handmade knives definitely delivered. They're so beautifully crafted and high quality and got here on time. Philippe had great communication and even added a handwritten postcard to make the gift more special. Highly recommended!
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Naiomi on 05 Nov, 2022
5 out of 5 starsAwesome, my son is going to love them. These are a ‘big’ Christmas gift and what he asked for.
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John on 07 Jul, 2022
5 out of 5 starsGift for a real estate client. Absolutely awesome quality and craftsmanship. The knives are very sharp and well made.
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Kneenibble on 26 Apr, 2022
5 out of 5 starsThese knives are exemplary works of craft and beauty; they are elegant, comfortable, light, and vorpal-sharp. The seller is also a real gentleman.
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Eva Mae on 12 Apr, 2022
5 out of 5 starsThese knives are beautiful! The case and knives are even more beautiful in person. We are thrilled! Purchased as a gift for my partner - he loves them!
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Cami on 07 Feb, 2022
5 out of 5 starsVery high quality, beautifully crafted set. We especially love the holder for them.
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Lawrence Lee on 14 Jan, 2022
5 out of 5 starsI’m very happy and pleased with my knives the first quality set that I ever owned i will tell all my friends where I brought and recommend if there looking knife set your the place to Oder from thanks again
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Megan Rorie on 14 Jan, 2022
5 out of 5 starsI bought this beautiful knife set for my husband for Christmas. The quality of these knives are second to none. My husband is amazed by the quality and craftsmanship. The maiden voyage for the knives were to carve the turkey- the best knives we’ve ever owned!!
About Chatwin1610
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The old family workshop where it all started. Grandpa was a fine gunsmith, dad built everything in there, I make knives. -
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Cutting and grinding knife blanks and new designs in the workshop. -
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A small selection of many prototypes I designed and tested to create this unique knife collection. -
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Finishing up a Crucial G21 Chef knife. -
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Checking edge and sharpness on a G21 Chef knife.
Respect and celebrate food with thoughtfully designed kitchen tools.
Chatwin is my product line of Chateau de Wintrange of Luxembourg (est 1610). As a product designer and former chef, I took inspiration from many aspects of my life experiences and heritage when building the Chatwin brand. The name, Chatwin, centers around the family estate Chateau de Wintrange in the Moselle wine country, home of Riesling, Gewürztraminer, Pinot Blanc, Auxerrois and of course Crémant. This brand was built to reflect my personal love for all things that age beautifully, and to add a level of quality to daily tasks - like elevating cooking, hosting friends, and the dining experience as a whole.
I now live and work in beautiful Kamloops, BC in Canada, and hop back and forth between Luxembourg and Canada. Looking back on memories of life and growing up in Wintrange, it has always been a place of magnificent beauty and jubilant gatherings where friends and family along with the surrounding community shared their special moments. With our own gardens, orchards and a small former distillery, these gatherings were almost always centered around great food, which we grew or raised ourselves, and cherishing the entirety of the process from the moment a seed is planted, to harvesting it, preparing it and, enjoying the result of our hard work in the form of a delicious home cooked meal with friends and loved ones.
This focus on food preparation and my family's love and respect for things that are built to last and can be passed down through the generations, have played a major role in the story of the Chatwin philosophy.
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Philippe Schlesser
Owner, Designer, Maker
I studied culinary arts in Europe, worked as sailboat & restaurant chef internationally. Got my MA in Product Design in Denmark. Traveled 90+ countries, fluent in 8 languages, worked on social innovation in developing countries and now design knives.
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