Local well-known knife-maker killed in car crash

PHILADELPHIA - A local knife-maker, whose products were known all throughout the Philadelphia restaurant world, has died.

Steve Pellegrino was killed following a car crash last month.

FOX 29 recently profiled Pellegrino on "The 215."

"Growing up, I’ve always loved to build things. Before and after school, I would be down in the basement working on something. My mother would say, ‘Don’t get paint on your school clothes,’" Pellegrino reminisced.

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He went on, talking about his work, "That’s going to get up past 2,000 degrees. This is ceder. The handle is dogwood, with brass inlay. Primarily, I’m a bladesmith. I make high-end chef’s knives for professionals. It’s art and it’s sculpture and it’s design, the nexus of all of the things I was just fascinated by."

Steve had just opened up his own workspace and hired employees.

His loved ones have a set up a GoFundMe, which you can find here.