CHEF'S KNIFE - 16 CM BLADE - OLIVE WOOD - PALLARES SOLSONA
The traditional knife of Catalan chefs,
Superb sage leaf blade shape, typical of the region, in 16 cm stainless steel, with excellent cutting power,
Turned olive wood handle, ultra resistant,
Each knife is unique and is sharpened by hand.
Handcrafted by Pallares, cutlers since 1917 in Solsona, at the foot of the Spanish Pyrenees.
Solsona is a small, well-preserved town in Catalonia, at the foot of the Pyrenees, where the knife industry is a tradition dating back to the 16th century.
This industry reached its peak there in the 18th century, when it comprised 24 workshops grouped within the guild of Saint-Eloi, patron saint of cutlers. Today, only one remains... that of Pallares.
The Pallares company was founded in 1917 by brothers Lluis and Carles Pallares Canal. It is managed today by David Pallares, the third generation of artisan cutlers.
If Pallares still exists, it is because, unlike the other artisans in the town, it managed to modernize in the 60s and expand its market to the rest of Spain and Europe.
It is also, and above all, thanks to the quality of its steel! and the quality of the cutting edge of its blades, all of which are finished and sharpened by hand!
Famous for its knives, the artisan company still produces hand-forged garden tools in the purest Catalan tradition. Highly functional and efficient, they are magnificent testaments to an ancestral know-how.