JHP Workshop

JHP Workshop

French knives manufacturing

Handcrafted cutlery

Atelier JHP's Fine Team

Buschcraft and top-of-the-line knives

We extract the fossilizing oak, after which Morta Knives are named, from the marshes. We make Morta Knives from rigorously selected materials. That is why we guarantee them for life.

Jean-Henri PAGNON

Founder

JHP is the artisan cutler behind Morta Knives. A story that began in a shed at the bottom of the garden in 2011…

Vimala

Cutler

Extraction, forging, guillochage (file work), finishes, etc… Vimala knows how to do everything! She’s the rare pearl everyone wants.

Aymeric

Cutler

Cutler in the workshop and serial poster on Instagram: it’s thanks to him you know more about production!

Alexandre

In charge of shipping and quality control

Alexandre controls the quality of the products and prepares the packets that arrive at your home… A key stage for our customers!

Antoine

Apprentice cutler

Rather reserved in his remarks, Antoine prefers to fight with the shovel or the Backstand. A new apprentice who gives his all!

Mathieu

Workshop foreman

Always driven by the desire to go further, Mathieu offers new ideas with a constructive outlook. A sort of guide for production 😉

Adeline

Apprentice cutler

Adeline arrived at the workshop with a mountain of enthusiasm, crazy energy and a crazy desire to do battle with steel, Morta and machines. An adventurous teammate who quickly became indispensable.

Charlotte

Alex’s pair

Reception, shipments, quality control and customer reception. Charlotte is everywhere!

Crazy energy from morning to evening!

Vitamin C for the team!

Rio

Reception

In charge of welcoming the public. However, Rio hates caresses.

A Cerberus of the door in a way  😉

Guillaume JUIN

Video Maker

Guillaume starts at the quarter turn on the craziest ideas! Moreover, the crazier the idea, the more enthusiasm he shows to realize it.

Wassup Prod

The history of Morta knives

Some 5,000 years ago in Brière

In the bronze age, a beautiful oak forest reigned in place of today’s marshes. By a geological upheaval, successive storms over time caused the trees to fall down where they were literally swallowed up by the peaty soil.

Trapped in this natural sarcophagus, with no air or oxygen, the trunks became loaded with silica and wonderfully preserved. This very noble wood that has endured for millennia is called Morta.

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The extraction of Morta

Buried for millennia in the peaty soil of the Brière marshes, I awake and am reborn. Black gold, supremely noble, I put myself in the hands of the artisan cutler for my reincarnation. By his efforts and sweat, he tore me from my slumber. I graciously concur while he exalts me with his passion and precision. He crafts me, transforms me and transcends me.

Born oak 5,000 years ago, today I am Morta.

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Atelier JHP

Atelier JHP is above all a team. A team of cutlers devoted to their craft, who pour a piece of themselves into each product. Special attention is given to our artisanal cutlery production, but despite the seemingly cool ambiance and the sound of old blues, the work Vimala, Aymeric, Pierre and JHP do is intensive. All under Rio’s benevolent eye of course!

The location is also a slightly magical, with machines and all the tools of artisanal cutlery rubbing shoulders with an old club sofa, improbable guitars and even Léon’s kitchen.

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The art of cutlery

Symbol of the connection with nature, the knife was the first tool of Homo Erectus over a million years ago, and it still accompanies modern man in his daily life. A vector of the imaginary and history, it combines metal and wood, two children of the Earth. How ? By subtly combining woodwork, mechanics, metallurgy and design. The recipe ? Equal doses of folly and enthusiasm. Supported by Morta, unique to Brière, the knife stamped JHP universalizes the art of cutlery. It reconciles work that demands strength with the strength of a team in one workshop.