The fine team at the JHP workshop
Bushcraft and high-end knives
We extract the fossilized oak that gives Morta knives their name from the marshes of Brière ourselves. We manufacture Morta knives from rigorously selected materials. That’s why we offer a lifetime guarantee on them.
Jean-Henri PAGNON
Founder
JHP is the artisan cutler behind Morta Knives. The story began in 2011 in a shed at the bottom of the garden…
Aymeric
Knife maker
Knife maker in the workshop and serial poster on Instagram: thanks to him, you know a little more about production!
Charlotte
Quality control
Shipping, quality control, and customer service. Charlotte is everywhere!
Full of energy from morning to night!
The team’s vitamin C!
Adeline
Knife maker
Adeline arrived at the workshop brimming with enthusiasm, boundless energy, and a fierce desire to tackle steel, Morta wood, and machinery.
She quickly became an indispensable teammate on our adventures.
Marco
Knife maker
With boundless enthusiasm and unmatched skill with a forge hammer, Marco is also a skilled cutler.
Rodin
Knife maker
With remarkable precision in mechanisms and a passion for beautiful blades, Rodin intuitively finds solutions to technical problems.
Emilie
Reception and HR
Bursting with energy, she engraves, welcomes, checks, and ships with boundless enthusiasm!
Maxence
Apprentice cutler
Discreet by nature, this young apprentice is incredibly demanding of himself. There is no doubt that he will soon become an excellent cutler.
Morgan
Knife maker
In another life, Rodin was his master craftsman. Today, he is a passionate cutler who has joined our team.
Mathéo
Apprentice cutler
The youngest member of the team. Here too, he is a true enthusiast who is developing and growing with the kind support of his colleagues.
Hugo
Alternating in communication
Hugo loves to communicate. It’s his thing. So communicating about Morta, our team, and the workshop allowed him to find his dream job with us.
Guillaume JUIN
Director
Guillaume jumps at the chance to try out the craziest ideas! In fact, the crazier the idea, the more enthusiastic he is about making it happen.
Rio
Public reception
Responsible for welcoming the public. However, Rio hates being petted.
A gatekeeper of sorts 🙂
The history of Morta knives
5,000 years ago… in Brière
During the Bronze Age, a beautiful oak forest stood where the marshes are today. Due to geological upheaval and successive storms, the trees fell and were literally swallowed up by the peaty soil.
Trapped in this natural sarcophagus, deprived of air and oxygen, the trunks became saturated with silica and were beautifully preserved. This noble wood, which has stood the test of time, is called Morta.
The extraction of Morta
Buried for thousands of years in the peaty soil of the Brière marshes, I awaken and am reborn. Black gold, the ultimate in nobility, I surrender myself into the hands of the artisan cutler to be reincarnated. Through his efforts and sweat, he has roused me from my slumber. A good sport, I accept as he sublimates me with his passionate and precise movements. He works me, transforms me, and transcends me.
Born from oak 5,000 years ago, I am now Morta.
The JHP workshop
The JHP workshop is first and foremost a team. Cutlers who are passionate about their work and put a little bit of themselves into every creation. Our cutlery production is given special attention, but in a relaxed atmosphere with old blues music playing in the background, it is intensive work carried out by Vimala, Aymeric, Alexandre, Pierre, and JHP… All under the watchful eye of Rio, of course!
It’s also a somewhat magical place where machines and all kinds of cutlery tools sit alongside an old club sofa, unlikely guitars, and even Léon’s kitchen.
The art of cutlery
A symbol of our connection with nature, the knife, the first tool used by Homo erectus over a million years ago—still accompanies modern man in his daily life. A vehicle for imagination and history, it combines metal and wood, two children of the Earth. How? By subtly combining cabinetmaking, mechanics, metallurgy, and design. The recipe? Equal parts madness and passion. Carried by Morta, unique in Brière, the JHP stamped knife universalizes the art of cutlery. It combines hard work and teamwork in the same workshop.