JOSEPH SHNAYDER, BORN IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA IN 1951
JOSEPH SHNAYDER HAS BEEN IN A POSITION TO FOLLOW HIS LIFE LONG INTEREST IN PRODUCING FINE ART KNIVES. FROM THE AGE OF 21 HE HAS UNDERGONE RIGOROUS TRAINING IN GOLDSMITHING AND THE HANDCRAFTING OF FINE JEWELRY. HE RECEIVED HIS TRAINING AT THE ART JEWELRY SHOP IN MOSCOW LED BY HEAD WORK MASTER VICTOR DANZIG, WHERE HE HAD MASTERED HIS SKILLS IN GOLDSMITHING, ENGRAVING, PRECIOUS STONES SETTING, FORGING. HIS INSTRUCTORS WERE AMONG THE TALENTED ARTISANS WHO CREATED THE FAMOUS FABERGE EGGS. MR.SHNAYDER WAS STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY THE FAMOUS ITALIAN RENAISSANCE GOLDSMITH AND SCULPTOR, BENVENUTTO CELLINI.

 

EVERYTHING PRODUCED IS A REAL AND TRUE COLD WEAPON, POSSESSING BOTH EXOTIC RARITY AS WELL AS AN EXQUISITE BEAUTY BORN OF COLD LETHALITY. TO HOLD ONE IN THE HAND IS TO KNOW A FEELING OF AWESOME POWER! FINELY WROUGHT DAMASCUS STEEL IN BEAUTIFUL AND INTRICATE PATTERNS, ARE SET OFF WITH SKILLED CARVING, GEM SETTING AND EXOTIC ART MOTIFS; ALL OF WHICH ARE BLENDED INTO COMPLETE WORKS THAT INSPIRE AND AMAZE.
ALL ART ITEMS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AND SPECIAL PROJECTS WILL BE PERFORMED UPON REQUEST.