Steak Knife - Stainless Steel, Palmadera wood

Classic steak knife with a stainless steel blade.  Handmade in Spain About the maker:  The knife industry is a tradition in Solsona that dates back to the sixteenth century. The company Pallarès, founded in 1917, is today the only testimony to Solsona’s renowned knife-making industry. The industry experienced its heyday during the eighteenth century when the town of Solsona had 24 knife-making workshops combined into the Guild of Saint Eligius, patron saint of knife makers. In the nineteenth century, there were eight knife-making workshops in the town and at the beginning of the twentieth century there were 12, although they were based on hand-craftsmanship and most of them missed the opportunity to modernize. In such a climate of uncertainty, the company Pallarès was formed at the hand of brothers Lluís and Carles Pallarès Canal (Lluís’s uncle was already knife maker), soon to be characterized by the good temper and good sharpness of its knives, which they sold throughout the Solsonés