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Knife Philosophy

Articles about approaches to knife making including international differences, design choices, materials, colours etc

22 Sep 2014

Help design the best fillet knife

by John Gudmundson | posted in: Knife Philosophy, Knife Use, Manufacturing, New Products, News | 7

Our next knife model We have been gathering customer input for the last few months to help us decide what our next model should be. The last two shows we attended gave us the answer: virtually all the requests were … Continued

12 Feb 2014

Favorite chef’s knife color: black

by John Gudmundson | posted in: Knife Philosophy | 1

Henry Ford wrote in his 1922 autobiography, “Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.” Have you ever noticed that kitchen knife handles seem to be predominantly black? To test … Continued

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