We design, develop and have all of our products manufactured with daily use, intuition and longevity in mind.
Our values are simple: Do it once, and do it very well. Create a product that can be handed down to the next generation with pride.
Creating food for friends and family creates lasting memories. Chatwin provides the tools to get your food to the family table.
Chatwin is the designer brand behind the Domaine du Château de Wintrange, a Renaissance castle located in Luxembourg’s Moselle wine region. Chatwin’s product lines are created by designer Philippe Schlesser. A passionate former chef, world traveller and industrial designer, Schlesser combines all his knowledge and inspirations from his food explorations and travels to design products that find intuitive use in our every day lives and can be handed down to the next generation.
Located at Château de Wintrange in Luxembourg and a workshop/office in beautiful British Columbia, Canada, Chatwin is a small, but international company. Our goal is to make people happy using great tools for daily uses to prepare food for the people we love and share good moments.
Château de Wintrange dates back to 1610. The Schlesser family has been in the iron ore mining industry, while growing orchards in our domaine and distilling finest fruit Schnaps. It’s a family of tradition, craft and simple pleasures, where the today’s family table is the place where lasting memories are formed and good food is shared. We’d like to put this playful happiness into our products, and hope you enjoy using them.
The CRUCIAL heirloom chef knife collection has been created by former chef and product designer Philippe Schlesser. Passionate about food and the process of crafting the perfect dish, this designer knife series focuses purely on delivering the classic form follows function ideals, while sculpturally embellishing your kitchen when not in use. Presenting itself with eye catching design, the CRUCIAL chef knives are rugged enough for daily abuse in the harsh kitchen environment.
Designed at our family estate Château de Wintrange in Luxembourg, developed in beautiful Kamloops, BC, Canada and crafted out of the finest materials like Swedish 13C26 steel and sustainably harvested rosewood (Guibourtia hymenaeifolia), the Chatwin CRUCIAL collection is a pleasure to use and the perfect gift for any knife lover and home chef.
$165.00
The G21 is an 8inch / 21cm Gyuto style chef knife. Designed with a perfected rocker from tip to center blade for effortless chopping, and a flat lower edge for clean and carving, this chef knife design has resulted in a amazingly versatile blade.
Chatwin CRUCIAL heirloom chef knives are crafted from the finest Swedish 13c26 Sandvik steel and ground to a Japanese style double bevel flat V-grind, each side holding an acute 15 degree angle. All three blades feature a continuous full tang handle hardened to 59-60 HRC. The CNC routed handle, made of durable and beautifully grained 'rosewood' (Guibourtia hymenaeifolia) with our own internally embedded rivet system is ergonomically designed to provide excellent grip for enhanced performance.
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$95.00
The P10 paring knife is a 4inch / 10cm paring knife for smaller tasks, cutting fruit, vegetables or use as your favorite razor sharp steak knife.
Chatwin CRUCIAL heirloom chef knives are crafted from the finest Swedish 13c26 Sandvik steel and ground to a Japanese style double bevel flat V-grind, each side holding an acute 15 degree angle. All CRUCIAL blades feature a continuous full tang handle hardened to 59-60 HRC. The CNC routed handle, made of durable and beautifully grained 'rosewood' (Guibourtia hymenaeifolia) with our own internally embedded rivet system is ergonomically designed to provide excellent grip for enhanced performance.
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$115.00
The B13 is a 5.5inch / 13cm boning or butcher knife, featuring a stiff blade for easy carving and deboning and a contoured bolster fin to prevent slippage and give your hand extra control for working the blade around bones. The medium length narrow blade excels at carving around bones and fish.
Chatwin CRUCIAL heirloom chef knives are crafted from the finest Swedish 13c26 Sandvik steel and ground to a Japanese style double bevel flat V-grind, each side holding an acute 15 degree angle. All three blades feature a continuous full tang handle hardened to 59-60 HRC. The CNC routed handle, made of durable and beautifully grained 'rosewood' (Guibourtia hymenaeifolia) with our own internally embedded rivet system is ergonomically designed to provide excellent grip for enhanced performance.
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$329.00
The CRUCIAL chef knives are crafted from the finest Swedish 13c26 Sandvik steel and ground to an acute 15 degree angle. All three blades feature a continuous full tang handle hardened to 59-60 HRC. The CNC routed handle, made of durable, sustainably harvested rosewood (Guibourtia hymenaeifolia) with our own internally embedded rivet system is ergonomically designed to provide excellent grip for enhanced performance.
The innovative wooden Sapele knife holder with embedded rare earth magnets holds the knives safely and can be used as a safe knife travel case, opened as a free standing knife holder on a counter, or as a magnetic wall mounted knife rack.
The set is composed of three most useful kitchen knives: a paring, boning/filet and chef knife.
The P10 is a 4inch / 10cm paring knife for smaller tasks, cutting fruit and vegetables.
The B13 is a 5.5inch / 13cm boning knife, featuring a stiff blade for easy carving and deboning and a contoured bolster fin to prevent slippage and give your hand extra control for working the blade around bones.
The G21 is an 8inch / 21cm Gyuto style chef knife. Designed with a perfected rocker from tip to center blade for effortless chopping, and a flat lower edge for clean cuts.
Chatwin CRUCIAL knives make exceptional gifts for any knife lover and chef and are covered by a lifetime warranty against defects. Wash and dry only by hand.