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Pay what you can

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I believe that handmade quality products should be accessible to everyone, not just the wealthiest. I therefore devised a pricing scheme that embodies this idea and makes it real.

It’s extremely simple: you pay according to your means. Pay less if you are facing financial hardship; pay more if you earn a comfortable living, thereby giving access to quality knives to people who wouldn’t be able to afford them otherwise. There are 5 pricing tiers described below with a range of prices between -50% to +50% of the base price.

Knives for sale

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Gyuto

1. Forged stainless with 17 cm blade

Characteristics:

Type: Gyuto

Steel: Stainless 14C28N

Blade length: 170 mm

Total length: 315 mm

Blade thickness: 2 mm

Height at heel: 48 mm

Weight: 136 grams

Handle shape: Wa (octogonal)

Handle material: Local acacia wood

Base price (including lifetime warranty): 180€ + shipping

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2. Stainless with 18 cm blade

Characteristics:

Made to order

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On this page, you will find the prices for made-to-order knives. These are base prices for standard blade finish and handle construction (wa or full-tang).

Petty

Blade length	Carbon/stainless	Powder-metallurgy
10 cm or less	100€	135€
12 cm	120€	162€
14 cm	140€	190€

Nakiri

Blade length	Carbon/stainless	Powder-metallurgy
14 cm or less	150€	205€
16 cm	170€	230€
18 cm	190€	255€
20 cm	210€	285€

Santoku or bunka

Blade length	Carbon/stainless	Powder-metallurgy
14 cm or less	150€	205€
16 cm	170€	230€
18 cm	190€	255€
20 cm	210€	285€

Chef or gyuto

Blade length	Carbon/stainless	Powder-metallurgy
18 cm or less	200€	270€
20 cm	220€	297€
22 cm	240€	324€
24 cm	260€	350€

Cleaver or Chinese cleaver

Blade length	Carbon/stainless	Powder-metallurgy
14 cm or less	200€	270€
16 cm	220€	297€
18 cm	240€	324€
20 cm	260€	350€

Slicer or sujihiki

Blade length	Carbon/stainless	Powder-metallurgy
18 cm or less	200€	270€
21 cm	230€	310€
24 cm	265€	360€
27 cm	300€	405€

How to order

To place an order, simply send us an email at coutellerie.robin@proton.me with the following details:

Purchase guide

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Choosing the right type of knife

Choosing the right type of knife for your particular circumstances can be tricky given the vast amount of options available. The following chart can help you narrow the field of possibilities. You can click on the image to see it full size.

Choosing the right steel

Once you have chosen the type of knife you want, one important question remains. What steel should you choose? Once again, this depends on your context and your purpose. Two important factors to consider are 1) the amount of time you are willing to spend caring for your knife, and 2) the amount of money you want to spend.

Knifemaking workshops

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[Coming soon]

Learn the basics of knifemaking by creating your own handmade knife in a one day workshop. Open to everyone regardless of experience.

Includes a meal prepared with fresh, local and organic produce.

Base price: 200 €

Fruity Office

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Our processes

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Stock-removal knife

1. Design

Every knife starts with a blank page. Purposeful design is likely to be the most important aspect of a quality knife.

2. Tracing and cutting out

Transferring the outline of the knife onto a bar of cutlery steel and cutting out the shape with an angle grinder or metal cutting shears (for thinner stock).

Forged Stainless Gyuto

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Light and Dark Office

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Frosty Stainless Gyuto

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

About me

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

It’s not (just) about knives

September 22, 2022, 5:05 pm. I clear out my desk, pack my bag, and bring my laptop and phone to the IT service. As I walk towards the exit, I remember the inflamed debates at the coffee machine; the many, many terrible jokes; but most importantly, the feeling of belonging that I experienced almost immediately when I started this job. I leave my badge at the front desk and exit through the door for the last time.

Suminigashi S-Grind Gyuto

Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Ripples Petty

Sat, 31 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Long Gyuto

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Straightforward Nakiri

Fri, 10 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Curly office

Fri, 03 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Personalised Gyuto

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Tapered Office

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

S-Grind Walnut Gyuto

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Chinese Cleaver

Wed, 26 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Contact us

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E-mail: coutellerie.robin@proton.me

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jean.robin127/

Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@coutellerie_robin

Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/Coutellerie_Robin

Our materials

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Blade material

1. Carbon steel

1.1 52100 or 100Cr6

Bearing steel widely used in handmade kitchen knives. It features a good combination of toughness and wear resistance while staying affordable.

Composition of the steel:

Carbon: 0.95—1.1%
Chromium: 1.35—1.6%
Manganese: 0.25—0.45%
Silicon: 0.15—0.35%

Our heat treatment:

1. (if forged) Normalisation
- 915°C for 30 min
- air cooling to room temperature
2. Annealing
- 790°C for 30 min
- cooling at 4.5°C/min to 650°C
- air cool to room temperature
3. Austenitisation and quench
- 830°C for 15 min
- quench in oil
4. Tempering
- 180°C for 2h

Theoretical hardness: 61-63HRC

Services

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Restoration

Give a second life to your old, rusty and damaged knife, axe, hammer or else.

Sharpening

Bring us your dull kitchen knife and get it back with a razor sharp edge. Sharpening done by hand on diamond stones and whetstones.

Double Bevel
- 1€ / cm with a minimum of 10€ per knife
Single Bevels / Serrated knives / Shears