It started as a question: what's the most ambitious thing we could build? Erin Hemmings designed it. Sarah Gage built it. Jack Rellstab forged the Damascus knives that inspired the whole shape of it — and as the block took form, his blades evolved right alongside it.
For this set, Jack forged the largest Damascus billet he's ever made — big enough to carry one matching "Collapsing W's" pattern with a Mountain Pattern edge bar across all five knives. Every handle is Hawaiian Koa, cut from a single board. Every bolster is silicon bronze, patina forced by hand, faceted and polished to catch the same light as the block itself. Look closely and you'll see it: the sculpture's profile, echoed in the pattern of the steel. Made for each other.
No one had cast bronze into a New West Rock Block before. No one had cut a piece of granite this large. Five failed casts later, an Oregon foundry got it right — bolted into stone, built to outlast us all.
Where to see it: This one-of-one lives exclusively at our Jackson Hole store. It's not on the shelf here — but every detail, and the bid, is right here on this page.
For any questions you have, please call: (208) 909-5483
