manufacturing Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/manufacturing/ Mechanically-minded travel Fri, 01 May 2026 09:47:46 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Thiers, Cutlery Capital of France https://mechtraveller.com/2020/01/thiers-cutlery-capital-of-france/ https://mechtraveller.com/2020/01/thiers-cutlery-capital-of-france/#comments Sun, 12 Jan 2020 16:20:53 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=5763 The medieval hilltop town of Thiers in the Puy-de-Dôme department of Auvergne*, is known throughout the commercial and domestic kitchens of France as the historic home of the cutlery industry. In particular it’s known for its knives. The town’s craftsmen (& women) have been making knives for over 800 years, using the power of the […]

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