{"product_id":"the-tale-of-two-oaks-steak-knife-set","title":"The Tale of Two Oaks - Steak Knife Set (Pre-Order)","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eCorry Blanc and I met over ten years ago, not long after we'd each started our respective businesses. Two founders, two small shops, both building something from scratch around a shared belief that handmade tools matter. We've worked together in various ways ever since — most recently through the Bronze Heritage Collection, the exclusive line of Blanc Creatives cookware we developed together for Eatingtools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eSo when Corry made these, I didn't hesitate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe Tale of Two Oaks is a steak knife set unlike anything we've offered. Six knives with 1095 carbon steel blades, each scaled in bog oak pulled from beneath the surface of a Polish marsh — wood that is over a thousand years old, naturally stabilized by centuries of submersion. The set is cased in white oak milled from fallen timber on Corry's own property in central Virginia. Two oaks. One ancient, one personal. One the Keeper of Time, the other the Guardian of Home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis is heirloom work in the truest sense: objects made to be used, passed down, and used again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe set arrives as a two-volume box: a knife box clad like a hardcover novel, bearing the title and Blanc mark, and a companion storybook documenting the origin of the wood and telling the tale in full. The Founder's Edition (#1–#5) goes one step further: 24K gold leaf accents, a hand-cast silicon bronze acorn talisman, and each set hand numbered and signed by Corry himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThese knives are made to come to the table. To cut, to serve, to pass hand to hand — and in doing so, to deepen the connection between the people around it and the natural world that made them. As Corry puts it, every family that sits down with these adds a new chapter of their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eWe're offering a small number of sets directly to our top customers for delivery in May, when Corry completes them. This page isn't listed anywhere on the site. If you're here, you know why.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blanc Creatives - Virginia","offers":[{"title":"Collector's Edition","offer_id":54049943290131,"sku":"BCR-TOSK-CE","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Founder's Edition","offer_id":54049943322899,"sku":"BCR-TOSK-FE","price":6000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/1749\/8643\/files\/table-knives-blanc-creatives-virginia-the-tale-of-two-oaks-steak-knife-set-pre-order-1232495669.jpg?v=1776280210","url":"https:\/\/eatingtools.com\/products\/the-tale-of-two-oaks-steak-knife-set","provider":"Eatingtools","version":"1.0","type":"link"}