The Blacksmith - Joel Black
Joel Black is a traditional blacksmith based in Hereford, UK.
This film documents Joel Black, a blacksmith as he forges a chef's knife from layers of steel in his traditional coke forge in Hereford. In a time of mass production, Joel's process is unavoidably slow, making just one knife a day, his craft is the same now as it was decades ago.
Joel has been a chef for 17 years, and a blacksmith for 6. Joel has been head chef in a number of restaurants in the UK (mostly Bristol), as well as working in kitchens in France.
After a cycle trip which took him to India, Joel decided to change his life and undertake a Ba Hons Degree in Artist Blacksmithing, to get to know everything he could about forging the perfect chef's knife.
He now lives that dream, working full time in the forge in Hereford, creating hand made custom blades for chefs all over the world.
https://www.joelblackknives.com/
Director and Cinematographer - Nicholas Jones
Colourist - Alex Grigoras
Editor - Carolina Petro
Sound design and music - Steven Dove