BEST PREPARED WITH VICTORINOX
COMMERCIAL KNIVES
UNCOMPROMISING QUALITY
Swiss excellence and standout craftsmanship – since 140 years
- Only European high-quality steel is used
- Swiss production in Ibach and Delémont
- Swiss Made products
At Victorinox in Switzerland, we craft 90,000 household & professional knives daily – which
- stand up to the most intense workloads worldwide
- come with the most impressive blade cutting performance
- retain a cutting edge shape
- are easier to sharpen
- are perfectly balanced and ergonomically advanced
- come with professional shaped non-slip synthetic handles
All the good reasons to choose Victorinox – because like you, we do not accept compromises
KEY FACTS
Consumer Health Safety
Victorinox meets all regulations to ensure consumer health safety in the US.
1) comply with FDA regulations for food contact,
2) carry the internationally recognized NSF symbol,
3) meet the HACCP requirements.
Cutting angle
All Victorinox knives exceed the cutting angle standard according to ISO 8442-1.
Conclusion
We consistently ensure the correct cutting angle in compliance with the ISO standard. Therefore, our knives have the prescribed angle of ≤ 40°.
Each blade shape must have the ideal cutting angle and depending on the application, this angle must be smaller or larger. The smaller the angle the sharper
the knife, the sharper the knife the more unstable the blade. This is especially important because of the different applications.
Steel hardness HRC
All Victorinox knives meet the steel hardness HRC standard according to ISO 8442-1.
Conclusion
Victorinox uses a type A steel, which has a minimum requirement of 52 HRC.
We optimize and adjust the alloy and hardness of each steel blade depending on the intended use. This ensures maximum flexibility and durability in each of our knives.
It also means that each knife is made with the ideal level of edge retention and cutting performance for a specific purpose.
Further Information
Our extensive testing at incoming inspection, in production and the very tight analytical tolerances of our steels ensure that we have minimal standard deviations in hardness and other important characteristics. This ensures continuous and consistent quality in advance.
The steel grades used are produced according to our own Victorinox “recipes” and have a balanced composition of all alloying elements. These recipes have been optimized over decades.
Quality management
Victorinox achieves all this because we have,
- an incoming- , production- and final inspection
- an own steel laboratory
- tighter tolerances for cutting angles, hardness and alloys
- developed and optimized the steel for each application together with our steel manufacturers
- regular test runs with accredited laboratories assure that our testing machines are calibrated