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Arthur Soppera                              

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Arthur Soppera is a Swiss knifemaker from Zurich, and was born and raised there. Before he took up knifemaking in 1985, he worked as a jeweler for about 30 years, creating high-class jewelry, (he uses at least 18 ct. gold over there). He knives definitely shows his jeweler background, beautiful and absolutely one of a kind. There ain't no CNC in his shop. His knives are truly handmade.

But then he soon started making folders, inventing a system of his own, then another better one, a Button-Lock system (Pat.Pend.), which is very easy-going and double-locking and takes up so little space within the handle that he can give his folders any shape he likes. Some of them are rather fancy, but others are of course made to be carried in your pocket. Of course all of his fancy folders are one-of-a-kinds. He still create jewelry from time to time, including some knife jewelry, especially necklaces with integrated knives, these, too, are unique. Occasionally  he will make a sheath knife or a dagger or fighter.

He is member of the Knifemakers Guild, of the German and the Italian Guilds and of the Swiss "Form Forum", a member organization of the International Craft Council.  As you will see below, he's one heck of a knife maker, just really beautiful knives.

 

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