JMB Cutlery is a family company with a long tradition of knifemaking craftmanship. For over 40 years we manufacture butcher knives and tools dedicated to the food processing industry. We go deep into details of every single step needed to produce a good knife constantly improving our production process. Knives are not only our business, it is our way of life and passion that we want to explore…
All our products are made from high carbon, stainless martensitic steel. We chose only the best steel grades from world-renown suppliers. Most of our products are made from Swedish Alleima steel grade 14C28N. It is the most advanced, high-tech knife steel with a high composition of nitrogen. Thanks to its ideally fine and homogenous structure it guarantees high hardness, excellent edge retention, and good corrosion resistance!
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Because of the fact that our products are designed to direct contact with food, all materials used for production are strictly controlled in terms of food safety and hygiene. They meet all legal requirements for the food industry. We are constantly in close cooperation with material suppliers so that we can be up to date with novel technological solutions which evolve very fast nowadays.
Our goal is to offer the highest quality professional tools. In purse of excellence we set up our own R&D center that do scientific research to constantly improve our products and technology. We hire a team of titled scientists and experts in Mechanics, Material science, and technology. They conduct high-quality research published in the most prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Machines and Mechanisms Theory, or Meccanica. We use high-tech tools and world-class testing equipment but also develop our own testing rigs and instrumentation. Our team created the most advanced facilities to test knife-edge properties including initial sharpness, edge retention, and degradation of edge geometry. We conduct a detailed analysis of each step of the production process and take care of every tiny detail of end products.
The most important aspect of butcher knives is to ensure high initial sharpness and high sharpness degradation resistance - often called edge retention. This results in more efficient and comfortable work, less need for sharpening, and consequently longer knife life. However, no human can adequately compare sharpness and edge retention, nor there is any reliable standard for these properties. We developed unique research rig that reproduce the moves of real butchers and measures forces and torques required to cut media. For reliable tests, we also designed a dedicated medium that has mechanical properties of meat, yet it is synthetic and fully repeatable. This high-precision 6-axis CNC machine can feel the cutting process with unmatched precision and objectively reveals the quality of the knife edge. We use it extensively to tune every possible aspect of the production process and provide top-quality professional knives of unmatched cutting abilities.
Knife handle is crucial to ensure high comfort and solid control of the blade. We offer a variety of knife handles of different shapes and materials. They are ergonomically tested to provide a firm grip despite the size of your hand. All our handles are shaped to prevent injuries and unwanted slips. We offer traditional wooden and polypropylene-based handles. Plastic material comes in various compositions of different mass and deformability to ensure perfect balance and feel over the tool. We offer 5 standard colors but you can order a handle of any color you want. All the materials used for handles comply with the European hygiene and food safety standards. All handles are adapted to direct contact with food.
To obtain the best cutting performance that persists, the knife has to be sharpened properly. We spent over two years on the R&D project devoted to obtaining the optimum sharpening process with active control of parameters. The aim was to obtain the best initial sharpness that will endure for as long as possible. This requires a trade-off between cutting ability and edge stability which determines the pace of edge degradation. We developed a unique three-step sharpening process that ensures optimum geometry of the edge. We constantly monitor the process parameters to ensure constant conditions and to avoid blade overheating. Our sharpening method provides the ultimate sharpness to every JMB Cutlery blade.
All grades of stainless steel can get rusted or corroded under some circumstances. That is why every knife requires proper treatment to ensure long service life. Below we point out how to take care of your JMB Cutlery knives:
If you follow the above advices your knife will be always in mint condition!