Real popcorn, suspended in resin. Three sociable knives for a night at the pictures.
Real popcorn, suspended in resin. Three sociable knives for a night at the pictures.
Price range: £310 through £985
Three of our smaller, more sociable knives, made together for the food and drink that tends to happen around a trip to the cinema. Buy the set, or choose the one you need.
The Parade is Marlborough’s independent cinema, a few miles from our workshop. It’s housed in an 1817 chapel that later became an antiques centre, and since 2021 it has been a 104-seat cinema with a café, bar and garden.
There was really only one material we could use. Popcorn.
The popcorn is dried without scorching it, degassed in resin and cured at around four atmospheres of pressure. We shape that block into a scaled-down handle, set it in a second pour of clear resin, then machine it to size. The result is smooth, seamless and durable, with the popcorn apparently suspended inside.
It’s an unnecessarily complicated way to make a knife handle, which is precisely why we like it.
Each knife in The Parade Trio is made from Sandvik (Alleima) 14C28N, a modern Swedish stainless steel, hardened in-house to 60 HRC using a nitrogen atmosphere process. The heat treatment takes the steel from 1080°C to -75°C in a controlled cycle that maximises carbide formation, edge stability, and corrosion resistance.
The blade is concave ground to 0.3mm thickness at 1mm from the edge. This geometry reduces drag and improves slicing performance without sacrificing rigidity. Every Savernake knife is sharpened to 15° per side.
CATRA, the global authority on cutlery performance, rank our blades in the top 2.5% of all blades ever assessed for initial sharpness and edge retention, tested to ISO 8442-5.
Washing
Wash by hand and dry immediately. The steel handles dishwashers, but the handle materials don’t, and the blade will dull faster regardless. Ten seconds at the sink is the right habit.
Day-to-day maintenance
A honing steel realigns the edge between sharpenings. Two or three passes per side before heavy use is enough. You don’t need to do this every time – just when the blade starts to feel less certain.
Sharpening
We offer complimentary workshop sharpening once a year for the first three years. After that we sharpen at cost. If you prefer to sharpen at home, our blades are ground to a 15-degree bevel – specify this if you use a third-party service, as most sharpen to 20 or 22 degrees as a default.
Storage
A magnetic strip or knife roll is ideal. Loose in a drawer accelerates dulling and risks chipping the edge. If a drawer is the only option, a blade guard solves both problems.
Handle care
The popcorn is fully sealed inside two layers of resin, so nothing can reach it and nothing can get out. The handles need nothing beyond normal washing. Keep them out of the dishwasher and away from the hob: resin does not enjoy sustained heat.
Yourself
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
– Ferris Bueller, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Every Parade Trio knife is made to order. We aim to despatch within 4 weeks. If you have a date in mind, get in touch and we will usually be able to help.
All orders are delivered by Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed in specially-designed tubular Savernake packaging. A signature and age verification will be required on delivery.
We charge a £40 flat rate for delivery worldwide and use UPS.
Lifetime Guarantee
With proper care, our knives are guaranteed for a lifetime of use
Unique Concave Geometry
Our signature blade profile. A cutting edge with only the thinnest sliver of near-parallel steel to follow through.
CATRA Top 2.5% Worldwide
Independently ranked in the top 2.5% of all knives ever assessed for sharpness and edge retention
60 HRC Hardness
Hardened in-house to 60 HRC using a nitrogen atmosphere and cryogenic treatment to -75°C
Individually Crafted
Every knife is made by hand in our Wiltshire workshop, from steel selection through to final edge
Like some more options?
Our configurator lets you choose from 18 blade designs, with full control over handle material, shape, spine pattern and accent colour.Â
