My Story
Silvio Hrnčir, Shaato founder and owner.
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I started by making a katana, and then I came across Karlo Ban. He was delighted with my work on the katana, but he advised me to start making kitchen knives.
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DRIVEN BY
PASSION
I made the first knife from an old file, and I still have it! I numbered the first few knives, so I continued that practise to keep track of how many I have made so far and where they are. Every knife is getting better and better.
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Who am i?
Behind Shaato brand and knife forging there is me, Silvio Hrnčir, academic sculptor, father and a husband. Born in Zagreb in 1982. In 2001 I graduated from The School of Applied Arts and Design ( škola Primjenjene umjetnosti i dizajna) , the department of sculpture. In 2008 I was a graduate in professor Miro Vuco’s class on the Academy of Fine Arts (ALU) in Zagreb. Through my whole life there was a piece of art I left behind. The latest passion is forging knives. In the last 20 years, I worked with many different materials like stone, wood, precious metals and making different objects like car parts, lamps, furniture, sculptures and jewellery. Turning steal into a beautiful everyday tool like a knife at the moment is something really special to me.
You can cook, if you need to, with a fire and a few ingredients. You can make things simple with a pot or two. But cooking changes the day you choose a decent knife.
Silvio Hrnčir
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Forging knifes and bangles from the same material
SKILLS
- Scluptor
- Jewelry designer
- Goldsmith
- Blacksmith
- Furniture designer
- Stone engraver
- Scluptor
- Jewelry designer
- Goldsmith
- Blacksmith
- Furniture designer
- Stone engraver
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