Over one hundred years ago a young man, Carl Elsener, abandoned a generations old family tradition of haberdashery and set his sights on becoming a great knife maker. He succeeded far beyond his dreams by creating and selling the very first Swiss Army Knife.
Mr. Elsener invented and sold the first and the original Swiss Army Knife. These gained tremendously in popularity and in 1937 the Forschner Butcher Scale Company began importing and selling them. The two companies' association has continued since this time.
Today the Victorinox Company exports 90% of their entire kitchen cutleryover 73 million knives each year. The Forschner mark on a knife is indicative of superior workmanship and quality and people in all countries look to purchase these items only. The original factory still produces and manufactures all of the Forschner cutlery pieces, and each is carefully designed for one particular use and task. While many professional chefs will choose these cooking aids because they will be relying on the quality and superb blade strength, the normal everyday cooks choose them because they know they are selecting a product that is guaranteed to provide them with years of problem free use.
With the Forschner knives, you have a wide selection of ergonomically balanced handles and blades from which to make your selection. The handles can be constructed from rosewood, nylon or even a patented composition known as Fibrox. The Fibrox handles are not only slip resistant, they can be placed in a dishwasher, however the company never recommends putting any of their cutlery in any dishwasher. The rosewood handles remains the most popular and classic of all of the styles.
The perfection, strength and durability of the blades are a result of their special alloy which is derived from a combination of fine carbon and stainless steel. These two metals when subjected to a Forschner company formula and specification provide an alloy of surprising strength and resilience. This is quite useful because there are many shapes and designs of blades that will have to be exactingly fashioned. Due to many criteria and specifications that will have to be met, only a flexible and strong alloy can be used.
Blades that have a wavy appearance are designed for use with things that are easily crushable but have a thicker exterior such as tomatoes and breads. The blades that are perfectly straight are best used for uncooked meats and chopping veggies. The long, narrow boning blades are useful when you are working with meats that have bone or cartilage like chops and rib meats. You will need to use one of the boning blades that is wider when you are working with meats like poultry. There is even a curved blade for boning and that is to provide you the maneuverability and flexibility necessary when working close to the bone in any meats.
The Forschner Company even provides their own brand of sharpener steels for you to use with their products or any others that you may have. Each is designed to hone your blades to razor edge fineness. Their steels are constructed so that will be able to sharpen quickly and can even be used to align the edges of those blades which are no longer true.
Forschner prides itself on being known as the company that carries on the traditions and principles upon which it was founded. They proudly offer you a guarantee on any of your purchases and will often replace something even when it was damaged through no fault of the company. Customer service is a sacred trust.
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