A Perspective Rooted in Reality
This special issue opens with an anticipated return: the SHOT Show 2025. More than just an inventory, it’s a pulse check on market evolution, emerging trends, and significant creations. It’s a way to immediately immerse ourselves in the active present of the global cutlery industry.
Cross-Continental Perspectives
The rest of the magazine draws connections between cutlery cultures. First, Argentina, with its artisans steeped in tradition, tools, fire, and horses. We encounter the journey of CAS, a charismatic figure and inspired creator.
Then comes Cambodia, where a village blacksmith shares a technique passed down outside formal frameworks. And finally, Japan, in the Kansai region, balancing ancient knowledge and new perspectives. Through these immersions, the magazine reveals what the knife uncovers about a country, a heritage, and a relationship with the world.
A focus is also dedicated to cutlery guilds, observed in their diversity. A reflection on artisan communities, the transmission of skills, and shared or asserted styles. All brought to life by the photographs of Denis Mura, whose eye is both sensitive and precise.
On the Ground and French Expertise
As in every special issue, the editorial team continues its tour of French cutlery makers. Thirty new businesses, from La Cloche d’Or to L’Univers de Mano, are highlighted in a vibrant, authentic, and current selection. A true overview of the French scene, between historic workshops and emerging names.
Objects, Creators, and Stories
This special issue also takes the time to feature unique perspectives. What it means to create a knife today. How to connect tradition, material, and use. And how, sometimes, a shape or a name encapsulates an entire world of imagination.
Between portraits, reports, and selections, the magazine embraces diversity without succumbing to accumulation. Each page offers a new perspective. Each topic is given time to develop.
In Summary
An extensive, travel-oriented, and well-documented special issue. Neither a catalog nor a manifesto. Rather, it’s a travel journal where hand, word, and blade intersect. Available at newsstands, or directly delivered to your home if you prefer to subscribe.
