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Our godparent of the Performer series

Ranch to Table

The blacksmith and the cowgirl

Harald Wüsthof leads a life across two worlds: he splits his time between working in Solingen and with his wife Gwen Spratling-Wüsthof, his new extended family and about 3.000 head of cattle on the high desert expanses of Nevada, where her family ranch is. It all started in Chicago: the impassioned knife manufacturer ran into the charming kitchen knife dealer from the Rocky Mountains at a trade fair. As they started to talk, they soon realised that their mutual and magical attraction wasn’t all they had in common.

Sharp knives and sustainable beef. The businesswoman who grew up as a cowgirl and the blacksmith forging precise kitchen knives – there is a lot to tell!

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