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. <\/p>\n\n
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. <\/p>\n\n
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. <\/p>\n\n
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. <\/p>\n\n
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. <\/p>\n\n
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. <\/p>\n\n
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. <\/p>\n\n
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. <\/p>\n\n