I've got a complete 20 years old set of the classic line from my father three years ago. The Knifes are still sharp and I love them all. I think, twenty years later they will be a nice present to my children.
I have an old chefs knife that is simply amazing. It holds and edge forever but can be resharpened with just a few strokes with a diamond hone. Thanks, Wusthof family!
I have purchased two sets of these knives. To say the least they are the last knives you'll ever have in your kitchen. Like anything they will last a lifetime given the proper care. My set has white handles and I haven't seen any other set of knives with white handles.
Great video. Question-what happens to the knives which do not meet the standards of wusthof? Do you recycle the steel of the defective knives? Just curious-I owned a Wusthof knife set and love it.
Good to know that so much goes into making a simple knife . Thanks for the upload and information sharing . 7 generations and family business , not only shows the hard work but also means that you have not compromised on the quality . Keep it up .
Very nice automatic production line, but basically the "forged" line of wusthof is not actually forged even a little bit, it's just made out of coil, welded ( seriously ?? ) and pressed to create the bolster. Am I wrong ? why even bother to call it forged ? I didn't see the blade recive any forging process
Solingen is really the mecca of the sharp steel, I came to visit the city and the numerous factories and was blown away by the quality you can find in every of those manufacturer! Just amazing...
So-called hand craftsmen all wish they had equipment like this, with such tight production control of multiple knife parts. But there is some pride and feeling of high accomplishment by the person who produces a purely hand made knife, hammered and tempered and heat treated by hand and eye. But such craftsmanship requires much time and the higher price shows it.
@@Daledavispratt I'm well acquainted with both. Greater automation invariably results in the better product. As soon as you introduce a craftsman, you get good and bad moods, Friday afternoon specials - all the kind of stuff you really don't want. I supply instruments to ESA and NASA for space flight. They will simply NOT accept anything hand-wired. Don't even bother suggesting. They want stuff off a production line that is demonstrating better than 99.9% yield.
The knives look great and could be lasting..!! My sister who lives in Germany gave me a Solingen razor as a gift years back and still in use once I a while..!!!
I make great kitchen knives, but it takes me up to 11 hours per knife before I'm finished. You make make good knives and I have several in my kitchen. Interesting video! It was nice to see actual people working on the knives at the end of the production line.
Solingen living on its legend ! A robot has no soul . BUY a hand made japanise knife , you will get a better product made mostly by hand . Precition forged by a machine ...... Your losing the world market becouse of the lack of hand skills your ROBOTs don't have .
many Swiss knives are made with robots yet they are good quality at affordable price. This is the reason China is slowly winning because they employ state of the art robots in manufacturing. Most of the poor quality we associate with Chinese goods is due to human errors and low quality materials when China had lots of dirt cheap labor. That is no longer true in China. Sure, some humans become excellent craftsmen but they also charge a price that makes their knives out of reach for many people. I am glad the Germans automate all the steps that can be automated with quality control done by humans to ensure excellent products.
Funny how some folks will rag on the cheaper 'chinese-made' stuff, which is often either 'hand-made', or else comes from even _more_ 'automated' factories than this one.... though minus the price tag required to support Germany's higher wages and mandatory 6-week vacation. 'Cuz nuthin's ever 'free'.
@@Ampersandrascott Well no. Wether you like that company or not. It's highly doubtful the handles crack for example. They have pretty high quality standarts.
Judith Book Wusthof knives bought from a Wusthof store with Wusthof cracked handles and dull Wusthof blades. I don’t know when you saw my knives that you can pass judgement.
Because my greatgrandfather had 2 wives and his second wife is from England...as a result of the info i knew...this knife is gift from one of the families of Hitller wife(Eva Anna Braun)..but when i reading autopsi it that knife...their also had name FRANZISKA BRAUN N FRIEDRICH BRAUN....i dont know who their to us in Malaysia
We produce all of our knives in Solingen - the city of knives - since more than 200 years. The name "Solingen" is known all over the world for the quality of the knives and scissors produced here. We are proud and happy to be a part of this history and tradition. Why should we move somewhere else?!?
Your city of Solingen produced many swords for Indian kingdoms even going back to the 1600's. These swords were referred to as "Firangi" in India and were sought after by many Indian soldiers at that time. So when I heard the name Solingen, it rang a bell.
Hi..my name SAM from Malaysian....wht ive been looking for all this ...finally ..my grand have a knife bearing the emblen of "The Eye of Providence and it says a code of eyebrow hair that is on the top of one eyes...this knife was gifted from one of the family at Solingen German ...until now im still wondering...Do we as a family have a fraternity line in Solingen German....
They're full tang clearly but forged? I don't think so. Where are the hammers. The costs they add is ridiculous, using all those robots (the video is from 2014, probably now they've even more robots). That's why I remain with Victorinox which for the 1/3 of the price last forever either and are extremely lightweight
12 jun 2020 6:20 pm edt: maybe those small-family-business have swiss-bank-account which resist complicated german-tax. like bosch-gmbh employ a person who has board-director-seat in www.ubs.com/global/en/our-firm/governance/ubs-group-ag/board-of-directors.html with complicated-german-tax, maybe small-family-business can not survive. 12 jun 2020 7:19 pm edt: board-director-seat means ceo-supervisor-seat. 14 jun 2020 10:11 pm edt: some article : www.epsu.org/article/german-companies-are-among-world-s-leading-tax-avoiders from google (tax haven for german company) result 1
Dear Yashar, this video only shows snippets of our production process. The whole knife is forged entirely, but unfortunately not shown in this video. Best regards, your WÜSTHOF Team.
Hi dominikelis. Thank you for your interest in our products. This is a very good question. It depends on how often you re-sharpen your knives, which sharpener you use, how much pressure you use at sharpening. As you see there are variable topics so that the question cannot be answered precisely. Best regards from Solingen The WÜSTHOF Social Media Team
Such an 80's style video. No wonder Japanese knives are passing you by. Hint: ignore the laser engraved BS and drop the robot focus. Solingen steel is legendary; get it to 62+.
@@charlestait5303 :- I agree, and the normal abuse that kitchen knives are subjected to would lead to chipping at that level of hardness. Also at RC 62...who would be able to sharpen them without special sharpeners?
@@blueeyeswhitedragon9839 , whetstone 1000&6000 grit would do a perfect job. in my opinion german knifes beat the japanese knifes in everything except hardness. today people have learned how to look after their knifes and that is why people turn to japanese knifes more. i have some japanese knifes because i like that razor sharpness that can not be achieved on softer still but also i like wusthof because i know in 30 years time they will look just as they look today something you can not say about japanese knifes
"Herr Wusthof, we need to change our entire business model and production model immediately, what you are doing is all wrong" "Wow, what an insight, where did you learn it?" "Some guy on TH-cam comments said so" " . . ."
I've got a complete 20 years old set of the classic line from my father three years ago. The Knifes are still sharp and I love them all. I think, twenty years later they will be a nice present to my children.
Instablaster...
They are not sharp if you didn't sharpen them. Stop bullshitting TH-cam
@@vforvendetta6193 He never said he didn’t sharpen them, most knives would be noticeablely lower quality after 20 years even if you did sharpen them.
@@heliogen5959 well its implied. Every knife is "still sharp" if you sharpened it
i am sure you did not use them in the last 20 years if they are still sharp.
Imagine if these bots armed themselves with knives & rebelled
I have an old chefs knife that is simply amazing. It holds and edge forever but can be resharpened with just a few strokes with a diamond hone. Thanks, Wusthof family!
I have a set of those knives over 30 years and no problems with them!
i am sure you did not use them in the last 30 years if they are still sharp.
I have purchased two sets of these knives. To say the least they are the last knives you'll ever have in your kitchen. Like anything they will last a lifetime given the proper care. My set has white handles and I haven't seen any other set of knives with white handles.
Frank A. Merola that’s one of the collections I have the creme IKON Wusthof knives they sure are fabulous!
Thx for still producing in Germany
i have a 1st world war mauser bayonet made by solingen from 1917. nice to see you guys in buisness after all that time and history
What a great location to film a horror movie about Robots Gone Wild!
Or a comedy of a robber trying to rob this place with a knife
Why solingen not produce sickle for palm.. We are from south east asia
Great video.
Question-what happens to the knives which do not meet the standards of wusthof?
Do you recycle the steel of the defective knives?
Just curious-I owned a Wusthof knife set and love it.
+Tien Foen Yes, that's exactly what we do: Defective knives which do not meet our standards are recycled and the steel is used to produce new knives.
+Tien Foen Yes..it gets refined and reused
okay-that answers it.
It would be ashamed if the steel doesn't get reborn into a German gem of gastronome greatness.
Every knive produced in solingen/germany, you can bet its quality made. =)
Sizzlik Yes-I could believe that.
Backed by what, 200 yrs of German craftsmanship and lifetime happiness.
Love those robots.
+Melissa Evans CIM system
+ابوسعود المالكي I see!
I love Germany
Good to know that so much goes into making a simple knife . Thanks for the upload and information sharing . 7 generations and family business , not only shows the hard work but also means that you have not compromised on the quality . Keep it up .
Solingen Gute stadt
Very nice automatic production line, but basically the "forged" line of wusthof is not actually forged even a little bit, it's just made out of coil, welded ( seriously ?? ) and pressed to create the bolster. Am I wrong ? why even bother to call it forged ? I didn't see the blade recive any forging process
You are 100% correct!
I think they do it shows it in minuet 1:09
No, in this process step they just change the crystal structure from ferrite to austenite
Tk kira bikinya ky tukang pandé besi gtu...😁
oh... tecnology. MADE IN GERMANY.. 👍
I've had my bread knife since 1965. It's still is sharp
Solingen is really the mecca of the sharp steel, I came to visit the city and the numerous factories and was blown away by the quality you can find in every of those manufacturer! Just amazing...
True. Tukey is the main competitor with lower prices.
I'm sure they're great knives but robots will NEVER be craftsmen
Good. Craftsmen turn out work of random quality depending on whether they got any last night. Robots just keep on getting it right.
So-called hand craftsmen all wish they had equipment like this, with such tight production control of multiple knife parts. But there is some pride and feeling of high accomplishment by the person who produces a purely hand made knife, hammered and tempered and heat treated by hand and eye. But such craftsmanship requires much time and the higher price shows it.
@@donepearce "They were handmade, and handmade is just another way of saying the door will fall off." Jeremy Clarkson
@@donepearce You have obviously never encountered the work of a true craftsman or you would not make such an ignorant statement.
@@Daledavispratt I'm well acquainted with both. Greater automation invariably results in the better product. As soon as you introduce a craftsman, you get good and bad moods, Friday afternoon specials - all the kind of stuff you really don't want. I supply instruments to ESA and NASA for space flight. They will simply NOT accept anything hand-wired. Don't even bother suggesting. They want stuff off a production line that is demonstrating better than 99.9% yield.
The knives look great and could be lasting..!!
My sister who lives in Germany gave me a Solingen razor as a gift years back and still in use once I a while..!!!
I make great kitchen knives, but it takes me up to 11 hours per knife before I'm finished. You make make good knives and I have several in my kitchen. Interesting video! It was nice to see actual people working on the knives at the end of the production line.
Solingen living on its legend ! A robot has no soul . BUY a hand made japanise knife , you will get a better product made mostly by hand . Precition forged by a machine ...... Your losing the world market becouse of the lack of hand skills your ROBOTs don't have .
Victorinox much cheaper and just as good.
Ed Wustof would be proud I WISH they STILL MADE POCKET KNIVES.
1969 I studied in Soligen Geverblishe Beruf Schule ,Blummen St.
I like my classic line.
Almanlar dünyanın en zeki insanları. İki büyük savaştan sonra bu kadar büyümeyi, onların dışında kimse yapamazdı.
Kami sebagai keluarga peternak Sapi, Berbangga-bangga jika kami memiliki pisau ini.. Dipakai sampai menyusut ukurannya.. Mantappp
many Swiss knives are made with robots yet they are good quality at affordable price. This is the reason China is slowly winning because they employ state of the art robots in manufacturing. Most of the poor quality we associate with Chinese goods is due to human errors and low quality materials when China had lots of dirt cheap labor. That is no longer true in China. Sure, some humans become excellent craftsmen but they also charge a price that makes their knives out of reach for many people. I am glad the Germans automate all the steps that can be automated with quality control done by humans to ensure excellent products.
The best knives in the world comes from japan when all step of manufacture do by hand.
The better knives makes by hand.
Wenn AMERIKANER über deutsche Erfolge und Spitzentechnologie schwafeln/ ist mir suspekt 🧐
"You know the Germans always make good stuff."
-Vince, with Shamwow
Wusthof Mein Fuhrer!
THIS IS ORGASMIC
I love u solingen knife.. 😁👍👍👍
Danke
Hätte mir für eine deutsche Firma eine deutsche version gewünscht. MFG
German manufacturing of course, always the finest.
Toni صناعة. .المتاريس
Thr fines...
Hi. Can I use this video in my compilation about factory productions? You'll be credited properly.
i envied german technology, its a simple product but greatly done, people putting pride into their works and company
...cutting edge quality(?)
Funny how some folks will rag on the cheaper 'chinese-made' stuff, which is often either 'hand-made', or else comes from even _more_ 'automated' factories than this one.... though minus the price tag required to support Germany's higher wages and mandatory 6-week vacation. 'Cuz nuthin's ever 'free'.
Just thinking...Is it the handle water, grease, oil proof?? Because I used a lot of knives and during usage, a lot of mess gets inside that handle.
I already have for 10 years your knives and they are the best. But what is the best way to get them sharp again?
Send them to a Bladesmith like myself.
With a Japanese whetstone.
Of course, the knife can be used to cut chicken meat into small pieces to make satay 🙂👍. There are also steak knives being produced.
I bought my wife a full set of Wusthof knives. We hate them. The handles are cheap and crack, and the blades won’t hold an edge. Never again!
Ralph Macchiato Your conclusion is wrong.
@@Ampersandrascott Well no. Wether you like that company or not. It's highly doubtful the handles crack for example. They have pretty high quality standarts.
Judith Book Wusthof knives bought from a Wusthof store with Wusthof cracked handles and dull Wusthof blades. I don’t know when you saw my knives that you can pass judgement.
ghgg What an odd comment. You must be a troll.
Amazing....👍👍👍
Ingin mengkoleksi semua ukuran pisau dari solingen jerman... Cap garpu.. sangat melegenda
So they do not need humans anymore. They have robots.
Show de bola
Молодцы ребята и все кто это всё воплотил!
Solingen used to produce great scissors,not any more!
Would never buy new s*it from them
Lambangnya tombak Lucyfer
150.00 US each.....i could buy a whole dining set with that.
Hà nội việt nam thanhs you
I am from India I want butcher set
Because my greatgrandfather had 2 wives and his second wife is from England...as a result of the info i knew...this knife is gift from one of the families of Hitller wife(Eva Anna Braun)..but when i reading autopsi it that knife...their also had name FRANZISKA BRAUN N FRIEDRICH BRAUN....i dont know who their to us in Malaysia
was it put in oil
الله ينصركم انشاء الله
Pengen yang ori di mana yh
I prefer Yaxell knives. Old school hand made.
I love Japanese knives! But they are just too beautiful for me to use.
Keren, pisau idaman
Is your company looking to hire QC/ QA personal?
How to purchase 3 pcs promo for chef use w/ water stone & other accesories & how much?
I like Bob Kramer knifes better and yes il pay the 500 dollars a knife
Goods
why they didn't quenched the blades in oil or water??
Monopoly on supply in us continent. Mexi bay field. Tan
Hope you're not move your factory to china
We produce all of our knives in Solingen - the city of knives - since more than 200 years. The name "Solingen" is known all over the world for the quality of the knives and scissors produced here. We are proud and happy to be a part of this history and tradition. Why should we move somewhere else?!?
Your city of Solingen produced many swords for Indian kingdoms even going back to the 1600's. These swords were referred to as "Firangi" in India and were sought after by many Indian soldiers at that time. So when I heard the name Solingen, it rang a bell.
What steel ????CrMov12 or CrMoV15 .
РК точат в ручную,а потом кто купит, отдают на переделку,так как подвод разный.
Hi..my name SAM from Malaysian....wht ive been looking for all this ...finally ..my grand have a knife bearing the emblen of "The Eye of Providence and it says a code of eyebrow hair that is on the top of one eyes...this knife was gifted from one of the family at Solingen German ...until now im still wondering...Do we as a family have a fraternity line in Solingen German....
This knife in India what cost and dilever
Minta 3 saja
China is hiding behind boxes from shame! 🤣
Imagine if you mishandle that knife. Too risky if you’re a beginner in this job.
👍
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Computer made Knives lot of special touches there no different than a bumper or a fender
How the set for gaffing knives
One of my favourite country
They're full tang clearly but forged? I don't think so. Where are the hammers.
The costs they add is ridiculous, using all those robots (the video is from 2014, probably now they've even more robots). That's why I remain with Victorinox which for the 1/3 of the price last forever either and are extremely lightweight
Wuih bikin pisau dapur pake robot
Too many robots, too greedy.
Solingen Solingen Solingen!!!!
💪👷🇩🇪💖💖💖👍🧐
germany made products are one of the best.
eww full bolster knives
Chinese can't match that
Germany alleys one of the product .
Beautiful and Beautiful
1:54 :D showing also robots.
how the get this
small family businesses are the key of the german economy.
12 jun 2020 6:20 pm edt:
maybe those small-family-business have swiss-bank-account which resist complicated german-tax.
like bosch-gmbh employ a person who has board-director-seat in www.ubs.com/global/en/our-firm/governance/ubs-group-ag/board-of-directors.html
with complicated-german-tax, maybe small-family-business can not survive.
12 jun 2020 7:19 pm edt:
board-director-seat means ceo-supervisor-seat.
14 jun 2020 10:11 pm edt:
some article : www.epsu.org/article/german-companies-are-among-world-s-leading-tax-avoiders from google (tax haven for german company) result 1
why do you name it forged knife when forging only bolster and not entire blade?
Dear Yashar,
this video only shows snippets of our production process. The whole knife is forged entirely, but unfortunately not shown in this video.
Best regards,
your WÜSTHOF Team.
Was ist das Lebenslang eines professional Messer? / What is the life-time of your knives, then you use it daily and professionally in a kitchen ?
Hi dominikelis. Thank you for your interest in our products. This is a very good question. It depends on how often you re-sharpen your knives, which sharpener you use, how much pressure you use at sharpening. As you see there are variable topics so that the question cannot be answered precisely.
Best regards from Solingen
The WÜSTHOF Social Media Team
im average 10000000 years :D
Di mana jual pisau ini
Beautiful knives...pure Top-Quality...the best..
Such an 80's style video. No wonder Japanese knives are passing you by.
Hint: ignore the laser engraved BS and drop the robot focus. Solingen steel is legendary; get it to 62+.
62+ is unnessesary and too hard for some
@@charlestait5303 :- I agree, and the normal abuse that kitchen knives are subjected to would lead to chipping at that level of hardness. Also at RC 62...who would be able to sharpen them without special sharpeners?
@@blueeyeswhitedragon9839 , whetstone 1000&6000 grit would do a perfect job. in my opinion german knifes beat the japanese knifes in everything except hardness. today people have learned how to look after their knifes and that is why people turn to japanese knifes more. i have some japanese knifes because i like that razor sharpness that can not be achieved on softer still but also i like wusthof because i know in 30 years time they will look just as they look today something you can not say about japanese knifes
"Herr Wusthof, we need to change our entire business model and production model immediately, what you are doing is all wrong"
"Wow, what an insight, where did you learn it?"
"Some guy on TH-cam comments said so"
" . . ."
Nasil alabiliriz
Deutsche machen die besten Autos der Welt, niemand kann die überlegene deutsche Ingenieurs entsprechen.
That’s original lol