Wusthof

Founded in the ‘City of Blades’ Solingen, Germany, in 1814, the Wusthof family factory originally designed made and sold a range of scissors, razor blades and pocketknives. During the early 1800s however, Eduard Wusthof came up with a ground-breaking idea: he decided to develop a very high quality yet affordable kitchen knife to complement the existing product range. He wanted a chef's knife that was effortless to use, pleasingly precise, and stayed sharp for longer: a tool that would be perfect for both professional and home cooks. In collaboration with specialist metalsmiths at his forge, he created a knife that soon became the Wusthof Classic, a design synonymous with the European kitchen knife as we now know it.

Today, with the same family still at the helm, food fans around the world continue to love Wusthof and now have over 90 different Wusthof blade shapes to choose from.