Having worked in restaurant kitchens, Kramer began to make what he knew best: chef’s knives ... otherwise incomprehensible Damascus patterns and steel compositions. “I’ve stumbled upon things over the ...

If you want Bob's signature Damascus patterned steel that's $500…an inch. Kramer's Damascus knives come only in carbon ... steel even more experienced home chefs are accustomed to.

For most people on the planet, buying a new Bob Kramer knife is a pipe dream. Owned by esteemed chefs and food moguls like Thomas Keller, Charlie Palmer and Andrew Zimmern, Kramer’s waitlist for ...

“Who makes the finest chef knives in the world? This guy, Bob Kramer,” Bourdain ... than I am a manager.” Kramer is a craftsman and if you saw one of his Damascus knives, the blade made ...

Anthony Bourdain was enraptured with a knife. It was crafted for him in 2016 by Bob ... Kramer no other instruction but to "do your thing." It took Kramer about two weeks to make the 10-inch steel ...

WHEN BLADESMITH Bob Kramer put the “The Last Salmon,” a handmade 10.5-inch chef’s knife, up for auction on his website recently, the bidding went the way these things usually do. Within the ...

Bob Kramer knows ... craftsmanship makes Kramer’s knives some of the most impressive out there—tools that Bourdain calls a “status symbol” among collectors and chefs for their sharpness ...

Like his hand-forged knives, the class doesn’t ... a chance to see — and handle — some of the Bob Kramer originals that connoisseurs and chefs clamor (and wait several years) for: ...

On the latest episode of his Raw Craft video series, Parts Unknown host Anthony Bourdain visits beloved knife maker Bob Kramer ... declares that Kramer "makes the finest chefs knives in the ...