William Henry
William Henry is a studio devoted to designing and building the finest knives in the world.
The name is derived from the middle names of the founding partners, Matt William Conable and
Michael Henry Honack. Matt and Michael co-own William Henry Knives. A crew of amazing
craftspeople does all of the finish and assembly work in McMinnville, Oregon with all blade grinding
being done by master blade grinder Kikuo Matsuda in Japan. Each piece will take over 7 months to
produce, involve over 30 artisans and approximately 800 individual operations. Every surface, both
inside and out, on each William Henry knife has been completely finished by master craftspeople
in our studio.
This finish work allows us to create different textures and finishes with seamless fit between the
various components. Our mechanisms are measured accurate to 0.0005" - or about 1/12 the width
of a human hair. To make a precision folding knife which has a mechanism that is both smooth and
strong requires these tolerances. Every knife, when finished, is a custom piece.
