BEHIND CLOSED DOORS SAVERNAKE KNIVES
Homes & Interiors Scotland|March - April 2020
BESPOKE CHEFS’ KNIVES, HANDCRAFTED FROM THE HIGHEST QUALITY MATERIALS, ENSURE THIS FIRM REMAINS A CUT ABOVE
Miriam Methuen-Jones
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS SAVERNAKE KNIVES

Not everyone would feel comfortable working all day every day with sharp objects. Danger, though, is something Laurie Timpson has never shied away from. Before he set up Savernake Knives he was an officer in the Scots Guards, and had tackled everything from searching for gold in Liberia, clearing landmines for the HALO Trust, and establishing emergency relief programmes all over the African continent.

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