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Knives

Chan Chi Kee Cutlery Co.

Even Michelin-starred chefs are said to get their cleavers at this century-old shop.

The Cloth Hall Knife

Legend holds that this knife serves as a chilling reminder of the deadly rivalry between two local builder brothers.

King Gustav Vasa Knife Incident Plaque

This bronze marker acknowledges an embarrassing royal blunder.

Museum workers outside the entrance to the second building of the museum.

Musée de la Coutellerie (Thiers Cutlery Museum)

The history of knife-making in this French city is explored through this museum.

Detail of an ivory openwork knife

Albacete, Spain

Albacete Cutlery Museum

Housed in a stunning Victorian building, this museum has the largest exhibition of knives, blades, penknives, and scissors in Spain.

World's Largest Bowie Knife

A town pays homage to its namesake.

Both Wu Tseng-dong's knives and his forge have become a tourist draw.

The Blacksmith Turning Decades of Chinese Bombs Into Kitchen Tools

Years of war produced these unusual souvenirs.

Clarissa Wei February 3, 2021

Smoky Mountain Knife Works

Sevierville, Tennessee

Smoky Mountain Knife Works

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

Cattaraugus, New York

American Museum of Cutlery

This edgy museum will whet your appetite for the industrial history of Western New York.

Antica Aguzzeria del Cavallo

Once known for its horse-powered knife sharpening, this 200-year-old shop offers an array of blades and hard-to-find culinary tools.

This 15th-century banquet was likely BYOK (bring your own knife).

In Medieval Europe, No Outfit Was Complete Without a Personal Eating Knife

They were fashionable and functional, used for dining and self-defense.

Abbey Perreault November 1, 2018

The squirrel-shaped fish, ready to be eaten.

The Regional Chinese Cuisine Linked to an Ancient Assassin

A king died after being served up a murderous fish in present-day Suzhou.

Laura Kiniry September 21, 2018

Knife museum.

Orlando, Florida

Randall Knife Museum

Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.

The Boston Stabber

This praised oyster shucker is as elegant as it is dangerous.

Cutlery is the canvas.

Meet the Artist Who Makes Creatures Out of Cutlery

Anne Ewbank February 14, 2018

A medieval depiction of scribe holding a quill pen and a knife, from Canterbury, England.

Found: A Medieval Knife That Was Used Like an Eraser

It was probably some scribe's best friend.

Vittoria Traverso January 31, 2018

Knife Angel.

Knife Angel

The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.

The Knife Edge is on the right.

Washington, D.C.

Knife Edge

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.