Laurin Metalli Oy

What they make

According to their website, Laurin Metalli Oy is a family-run metalworking company in Kauhava, Finland, founded in 1918. It manufactures knife blades and matching hardware, offering stock blades in carbon steel (80CrV2) and stainless steel (X50CrMoV15) in a range of sizes and shapes, together with fittings in brass, German silver and bronze, plastic sheath-liner components, and steel and metal sold in bulk by weight. It also runs a contract-manufacturing service combining metal stamping with plastic and rubber injection molding, with heat treatment, machining and leather sheath-making handled through partner companies. Under its own brand it produces several distinct product lines: hunting knives, general kitchen knives, hoof knives (a farrier's tool for trimming and cleaning horse hooves, marketed as Kaviopuukot), and a combined fork-and-knife cutlery set called Kätsy. Its client list for contract manufacturing includes outdoor-gear brand Varusteleka and knife maker Peltonen Knives. The company states that about 80% of its operations still involve handicraft work, and that production volumes can be scaled up or down to customer needs.

• Stock knife blades in carbon steel (80CrV2) and stainless steel (X50CrMoV15), in multiple sizes and shapes
• Matching metal fittings for knife handles, made of brass, German silver and bronze
• Plastic sheath-liner components for knife sheaths
• Bulk sales of steel and other metals by weight
• Contract manufacturing combining metal stamping with plastic and rubber injection molding; heat treatment, machining and leather sheath-making arranged through partner companies
• Own-brand hunting knives (Riistapuukot) and separately, own-brand general-purpose kitchen knives (Keittiön yleisveitset)
• Own-brand hoof knives / farrier's knives (Kaviopuukot, a tool for trimming and cleaning horse hooves) and combined fork-and-knife cutlery (Kätsy)
• Family-run workshop operating since 1918, about 80% handicraft-based, with production scalable from small to large volumes

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