CUSTOM “DON NGUYEN KNIVES” ARE A HOT COMMODITY AMONG CHEFS, LOCALS & INTERNATIONAL ENTHUSIASTS

July 2018

Vail-based kitchen knife maker Don Nguyen, 25, originally wanted to design supercars. However, he had a painful experience at a friend’s house trying to cut an onion with a serrated knife. He tried to use his own santoku knife, but it also wasn’t nearly sharp enough.

After obsessing over-sharpening, he started to make his own knives.