ORBIS · The World Shopping Atlas

Knifemakers & Cutlers

Plate M-29 · 86 stores · curated ORBIS register

Cuchillería Expósito makes knives and navajas in Albacete, continuing more than a century of handcrafted cutlery production. The navaja is the traditional Spanish folding knife, giving the Albacete workshop a specific form around which to work. In Tandil, Cuchillería Artesanal El Chaja makes facones and dagas within its criollo cutlery range, alongside knives intended for the parrilla.

What makes great knifemakers & cutlers?

This plate lists 86 shops in 32 countries. Osaka has the most with 5, followed by Albacete with 4.

Ask about the steel: ask whether the blade is stainless or carbon steel, and how each needs to be cared for.

Ask about sharpening: find out whether the shop sharpens its own knives and how often a blade will need it.

Check the rules for carrying it: knives are restricted in hand luggage and in some countries, so arrange shipping if needed.

Explore knifemakers & cutlers

Use the city plates when they appear below, or open any store for its official door and related ORBIS city and craft links.

Osaka · 5
Artesanía Alla — Albacete · Spain
Castillo Knives — Albacete · Spain
Cuchillería Expósito — Albacete · Spain
Cudeman — Albacete · Spain
Cuchillería Artesanal El Chaja — Buenos Aires · Argentina
Pirge (Yeşilyayla Cutting Tools) — Bursa · Türkiye
Garbaty Knives — Gdynia · Poland
Haga of Sweden — Gothenburg · Sweden
Zhang Xiaoquan — Hangzhou · China
Nepalese Khukuri House — Kathmandu · Nepal
Aritsugu — Kyoto · Japan
JIKKO — Kyoto · Japan
Cutipol — Lisbon · Portugal
Cutler and Gross — London · United Kingdom
Nakamura Hamono — Nakatsu · Japan
Sakai Ichimonji Mitsuhide — Osaka · Japan
Takahashikusu — Osaka · Japan
Tokuzo Knives — Osaka · Japan
Tower Knives Osaka — Osaka · Japan
YuiSenri — Osaka · Japan
Messermacher Kappeller — Salzburg · Austria
Knife Gallery (JW Han) — Seoul · South Korea
Mujagi — Seoul · South Korea
Böker — Solingen · Germany
Güde Solingen — Solingen · Germany
Ro-Da Stahlwaren — Solingen · Germany
Wüsthof — Solingen · Germany
Kamata Hakenshasha — Tokyo · Japan
Tosho Knife Arts — Toronto · Canada
A.G. Russell Knives — United States
Avery Knifeworks — United States
Belleek Pottery — United Kingdom
Belo Inox — Portugal
Berthelsen Smedje — Denmark
Çakıroğlu Knives — Türkiye
Coltelli Giagu — Global / Online
Cook On Bay — United States
Coutellerie de Thiers — Global / Online
Coutellerie Nontronnaise — Global / Online
Cretan Knives — Greece
Facas Gaúcha — Brazil
Fehu Forge Bladesmiths — New Zealand
Fontenille Pataud — Global / Online
Forge de Laguiole — Global / Online
Great Eastern Cutlery — United States
Handmade Knives Reno — United States
Heavin Forge — South Africa
Helle Knives — Norway
Highland Woodworking — United States
Karesuandokniven — Sweden
Kramer Knives — United States
La Coroncina — Global / Online
Laguiole en Aubrac — Global / Online
Marttiini — Finland
Michael May Knives — United Kingdom
Mikov — Czechia
Moritaka Hamono — Japan
O Armenis — Greece
Opinel — France
Randall Made Knives — United States
Sakai Kikumori — Japan
Sakai Takayuki — Japan
Samuel Staniforth Ltd — United Kingdom
Sculptures Driss — Tunisia
Seki Kanetsugu — Japan
Tharwa Valley Forge — Australia
Tojiro — Japan
Urukk Blades — India
WE Knife Co. — China
Winkler Knives — United States
Wyss Souvenirs — Switzerland