The substantial 100mm blade with a generous 20mm width sets it apart from its Cael counterpart. The flared pommel section and flatter handle spine align more closely with the Ventari's design.

The Peryton exists because our customers kept describing a knife we did not yet make: something with more blade than the highly dexterous Cael, but less commitment than the Ventari. So we built the knife between.

The middle ground, measured

The 100mm blade carries a generous 20mm width — noticeably more substance than a Cael — while the flared pommel and flatter handle spine take their line from the Ventari. The result sits in the hand with a balance neither parent quite offers: enough belly for confident skinning strokes, enough tip for careful work, and a grip that anchors naturally without a guard.

Who it suits

Stalkers who found the Cael a touch too fine for their mixed ground, and the Ventari more blade than their quarry needs. It also makes an excellent single knife for the occasional hunter — forgiving in the hand, quick to sharpen, hard to outgrow. It is a knife defined by proportion rather than any single feature — which is exactly why it works.

And the Mini

The Peryton also produced the smallest fixed blade we make — the Peryton Mini, born of a template error and kept by popular demand. If your work runs to small game and birds, it deserves a look.

Steel, handle, detail

The blade can be ground from RWL-34 or PMC27 — our everyday stainless steels, chosen for edge retention and low maintenance — from AEB-L when outright keenness matters most, or from traditional O1 carbon tool steel for those who enjoy a blade that asks a little care in return for a superb edge. Our own stainless Damascus, pattern-welded in-house from RWL-34 and PMC27, is available for commissioners who want the pattern of the steel to carry the story.

Handles run from stabilised timbers and burls through to fossilised mammoth ivory, pinned in stainless, brass or copper — or with mosaic pins when you want a flourish that only shows itself on close inspection. Initials, a family crest, or a lifelike species study can be laser-engraved in-house on the blade or bolster.

Carried properly

A Peryton leaves the workshop in a sheath made at the same bench — moulded to that exact blade, so it clicks home and stays there. Choose leather in black, brown or a custom colour, plain or hand-tooled with the option of engraved silver panels; or Kydex on our hybrid leather carry system where the season is wetter than the wardrobe allows.

A knife for life

A Peryton is built to outlast its first owner. Every knife carries a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects, is numbered and recorded in the workshop ledger before it leaves the bench, and ships sharpened, papered, signed-for and insured. When one comes back years later for a fresh edge, we can look up exactly when it left and what it was made of.

If this is the pattern, the next step is a conversation — or set out the rest of it first in the design tool, and send us the draft.