LionSteel

LionSteel's almost 60-year history begins in the small Italian town of Maniago when Gino Pauletta, together with his wife Cesarina, founded the company in 1969. He didn't yet know what the final name for his new knife manufacturing company would be, but he wanted to satisfy his passion for knifemaking early on, after years of working in several small jobs and factories, sometimes even on weekends and at night.

He recalled being so afraid of a lion sculpture in his hometown that he cut off its tail with a saw. This memory, combined with his core business of steel processing, was to give the company the name LionSteel. Initially, Pauletta mainly produced hunting knives for the Italian market. Towards the end of the 20th century, when his sons Daniele, Gianni, and Massimo began working for the company, the company brought forth fresher ideas, which also led to numerous innovations in the product line and production processes. LionSteel increasingly based its production on new CNC technologies, advanced design software, and innovative IT solutions. The focus of the product range also shifted to EDC knives, which are ideal for everyday use and quickly became the new core products.

Even today, LionSteel still manufactures all products in Maniago, Italy. The company continues to introduce designs that represent progress in technology and quality. The philosophy of LionSteel is to produce the knives with the highest quality materials and world-class quality control. Together with the tireless commitment of the Pauletta family and the entire team, a brand still exists today that is impossible to imagine the knife world without.