Three chef knives crafted of superior steel and solid rosewood. Delightfully minimalist, elegant function and thoughtful design.
Hi, Today was a fun early winter day, and I'll keep it short.
I'd like to thank CFJC Midday for their lovely segment on the CRUCIAL knife collection - it was really fun working with Susan Edgell and their team on stage: https://youtu.be/-DRVXNQcaMk
Have an awesome week! Philippe Schlesser
It's been an exciting two weeks running the campaign. Yesterday, we reached the $40K mark, which was pretty exciting, and we have 16days to go. At this point, the campaign is slow and steadily crawling up, and we're working away on the manufacturing details, instruction booklet layout, legal stuff and production volume projection. If you have any questions, please drop me a line in the comment section on the Kickstarter page, I'm happy to answer anything as quickly as possible.
In the meantime, I'd be happy if you can take a minute and spread the word to friends and family who enjoy cooking or just like good kitchen knives: bit/ly.chatwin1620 Thanks again for supporting this project and getting this far. This is awesome! Philippe
Last week, we had the honour to spend an evening with California roll inventor and Japanese Cuisine Goodwill Ambassador, Chef Hidekazu Tojo over an amazing omakase. He showed us all of his amazing chef knives he wore down to thin blades over his 45+ years of being a chef. He also humbly approved our CRUCIAL knives with a nod, which topped off an already stunning night. I feel truly honored.
More here: ( https://www.facebook.com/chatwin.co/posts/1196541043740765:0 )
Weekend is here, and I hope you're getting a well deserved break. The campaign is slowing down over the coming few days on the usual 'post-launch' hype, and is likely to pick up again next week. In the meantime, the campaign has been secured and is funded to a point where launching production is economically feasable. Manufacturing has been put in place months ago, design has been fine tuned and built for small batch production. Since we're fully funded, we'll start manufacturing the first batch from next week on. We've prepaid purchasing raw materials, which have been ordered and will ship shortly. If all goes well, we should have the first production models in our hands in the next week or two. We'll keep you posted on that part. In the meantime, enjoy your weekend, cook lovely food and lots of love from us at Chatwin.
Bon appétit, Philippe Schlesser
Day 4: Thanks to you, we hit our goal within 72hrs. This is pretty amazing. A big thank you to everyone who believes in this project, and the direction it's taking. We have still 26 days to go, so no time to sit back and sip on Piña Colada and Margaritas. We did have time to roast some chicken last night though: https://youtu.be/i5rPVA99SbY
The idea with the Chatwin brand is to design an ongoing collection of products that live between the kitchen and dining table. The CRUCIAL knives are the launchpad and other products are patiently waiting in line to be next. The fact that these knives are a small startup success inspires to push Chatwin further. So thank you for all your amazing support.