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Doc Dan wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 22, 2018 7:08 am

SpyderEdgeForever wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 26, 2018 6:09 am

I wish more people realized how great a knife-producing country Spain is. The Spanish people not only manufactured some of the greatest swords and edged tools in history but to this very day they continue to do so. The quality is excellent and compared to some places and companies the prices can be very inexpensive for what you are getting. For example, in Spain they produce both the "Classic Patterns" such as traditional "Caraca" and non-caraca navaja folding knives, swords, daggers, and all sorts of items, and, they also produce new, cutting-edge modern designs of knives.

Some companies such as "Hen and Rooster" and even the famous German Puma Knives, have some of their lines manufactured in Spain. The steel is very good and the fit and finish is also very good.

I have a Puma assembled in Spain. The quality is very good. It is a beautiful knife.

SpyderEdgeForever wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 22, 2018 9:56 pm

Doc Dan wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 22, 2018 7:08 am

SpyderEdgeForever wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 26, 2018 6:09 am

I wish more people realized how great a knife-producing country Spain is. The Spanish people not only manufactured some of the greatest swords and edged tools in history but to this very day they continue to do so. The quality is excellent and compared to some places and companies the prices can be very inexpensive for what you are getting. For example, in Spain they produce both the "Classic Patterns" such as traditional "Caraca" and non-caraca navaja folding knives, swords, daggers, and all sorts of items, and, they also produce new, cutting-edge modern designs of knives.

Some companies such as "Hen and Rooster" and even the famous German Puma Knives, have some of their lines manufactured in Spain. The steel is very good and the fit and finish is also very good.

I have a Puma assembled in Spain. The quality is very good. It is a beautiful knife.

That is good to know. I was looking on the Puma webpage catalog and they seem to have some folders as well as fixed blades that use AN58 stainless steel and handle materials such as olive wood. AN58 is the same stainless variety that Nieto and a few other Spanish knife makers use.

SpyderEdgeForever wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 29, 2019 4:45 am

AN58 Stainless Steel is endorsed by the Castilla-LeMancha University, Science and Engineering in Materials College.

It is a very good and durable stainless steel with good edge-holding properties and rust-resistance. Nieto Knives of Spain uses it in many of their folders and fixed blades.

SpyderEdgeForever wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 08, 2019 7:15 pm

Amazing :) And thanks for telling me about that university.

What is one that is considered more authoritative?

Retogenes wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 18, 2019 6:24 am

Hello SpyderEdgeForever, thanks for the welcome.
Aitor was a brand with international prestige. But its factory closed at the end of the 90s and was bought by the Pielcu group, which passed its production to China, keeping the designs that made Aitor gain fame, but according to the quality standards they went down (I do not have aitor knives after a year 2000).
I recommend you look at brands such as Cudeman, Muela or Nieto. Good production knives for the price.
Exposito, JJ Martínez, for traditional knives of good quality.
There are also good craftsmen who perform custom jobs.
The problem in Spain is that it has very restrictive knife laws and Spanish society has other interests. I remember my grandfather, he always carried a knife in his pocket, all his friends also had. My father usually carries a Victorinox knife. But as a general rule it is not well seen, nowadays, to take a knife in any public place, besides being able to have problems with the agents of the law.
a greeting