You don't need a spec sheet.
You may know the exact length, profile, and construction—or only the kind of work you want the knife to disappear into. Either is enough to begin.
We start with use: what you cook, what you reach for now, and what you wish felt different. From there we shape the proportions and geometry, then move into construction, steel, finish, and handle materials.
The finished knife should carry something of the person it was made for without losing the character that makes it unmistakably a Polton knife.
Start with a conversation.
We establish the essentials: purpose, scale, feel, and the rhythm of the way you work.
Construction, steel, finish, wood, stone, and the smaller details emerge from that direction.
I forge, grind, finish, and balance each piece as a singular object rather than assembling a predetermined configuration.
The best commissions leave some space unspoken—enough room for the design to reveal itself as it is made.
Built around an idea.
My work centers on forged kitchen knives, layered construction, performance-driven geometry, natural-stone finishes, and handle materials with presence. Within that vocabulary, there is room to make something deeply personal.
If something in my existing work stays with you, send it along. If there is a material, use case, place, memory, or half-formed idea you want to explore, tell me. And if you would rather leave room for interpretation, that can be where the most interesting work begins.
Tell me what keeps pulling at you.
A few sentences are enough. Tell me what you have in mind, how you expect to use it, and anything you already know belongs in the piece. We can uncover the rest together.