These precision forged professional Quality Knives come from Solingen/Germany the leaders in quality knives, 2nd to none. These knives are manufactured by workers dedicated in a state-of-the-art facility in Solingen, Germany. Strict rules and guide lines are followed to produce the finest quality in knives. Quality from the start: The blade is forged, hand ground and hand sharpened from one solid piece of high carbon surgical stainless steel (chromium-molybdenum-vanadium) and ice tempered.