The William Henry Studio is devoted to the vision of designing and building the finest tools possible. Founded in 1997 by partners Matthew William Conable and Michael Henry Honack, the studio has grown from a one man shop to a 20 person company that has established a new benchmark of excellence in a luxury-grade cutlery. The 2008 Catalog Collection is limited to 500 pieces of each model worldwide. For the first time, and from here forward, all William Henry production is limited and numbered as such.

The seamless integration of classic natural materials and state-of-the-art alloys is a hallmark of William Henry’s work – no compromises, no shortcuts, exceptional quality. Each component is precision machined to tolerances reserved for aerospace level work – often measured at 0.0005” or one twelfth the size of a human hair. The final fit, finish, action and function of each tool are achieved entirely by hand, employing the irreplaceable craftsmanship developed by generations of master cutler and tool makers.

Every piece we make is a distinctive heirloom-quality testament to the art of William Henry. Each knife takes more than eight months to produce, and incorporates the work of more than 30 artisans across 800 individual operations. This same rigorous approach, which has gained us international renown for fine cutlery, is now being developed and refined for our emerging line of fine pens.

William Henry creates a range of tools so perfectly conceived and executed that they transcend superlative function to become superlative art. Our works offer unmatched performance as daily carry tools and are found among the finest collections of metalwork in the world.