By: Mudassir Malik
Submitted: 2010-01-01 04:53:57 | Word Count: 1028
Knives makers have a colourful history, just as the famous saying that "the history of the planet is the history of great men" applies, the history of a great knife is also about the history of the inspired individual who produced some modification over one of the most elementary of instruments. Let's take a look at some famous knife makers and find out their history and inspiration.
Victorinox is one of the most famous knive firms in the world - most famous for its Swiss army knife. Karl Elsener belonged to Ibach, Switzerland. He was a manufacturer of knives, and basically was the sole supplier to produce knives to the Swiss military. He built his company in 1884, and named it to honor his mummy as Victorinox. Victorinox's famous rival Wenger. In 1908, both corporations shared the contract to produce knives forthe Swiss army. Victornix markets their products as Original Swiss armed forces Knives whereas Wenger knives are known as Geniune Swiss army Knives.
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Today, Carl Elsener Sr. And his son, Carl Elsener Jr manage the company and employ approximately one thousand folk worldwide . This is in the fourth generation of a family business. Rather than Swiss army knives, Victorinox also made multi tools like luggage boxes, watches etc with the Swiss army brand. Other than Swiss army brand kitchen cutlery tools were introduced. Forschner brand became extremely popular in cutlery industry and won competition with Wusthof and JA Henckels. It is entirely stamped blade knife.
Another older producer of kitchen cutlery is Wusthof. This is a German company under the family possession of Harald Wusthof, and has been producing knives since 1814. These are forged knives, and the company has a famous trident with three forks of equal length as its logo. There are two manufacturing plants in Solingen, and these are some of the most famous knives in the world. Among the product lines include the Classic, the Grand Prix, Ikon, and Culinar series.
Worldwide kitchen knives were introduced in 1983 from Japanese designer Komin Yamada. They are another extremely prestigious brand of knives and are among the great trailblazers in the knives industry. Their knives are composed of vanadium stainless-steel. Yoshida Metal Industry is the company parent, and worldwide is their line of one piece stainless steel knives. This integrated handle and blade design has an improved cutting capability, balance, and precision. Yoshida's target with world was to blend Japanese precision, Italian design, and German sturdiness together. The blade is first heated to one thousand degrees Celsius, and then cooled to a sub-zero temperature, and eventually tempered for four hours. Their special blade has convex cross-secdard knives.
Another modern knife manufacturer is Fritechnics, and Austrailian company founded in Brisbane in 1996 by Mark Henry. Their most famous knife is the east-west knife, a mix of the Japanese Santoku blade, and the French Chef knife. Some Furi knives, as they are commonly known, have a copper counterweight that is used to keep the knife balanced. As the knife blade loses mass, the coppertail may also be shaved.
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