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Yangjiang kitchen knife manufacturer · OEM & private label · Worldwide export
Production

Kitchen Knife Manufacturing in Yangjiang

Forging, stamping, vacuum heat treatment, grinding, polishing and handle assembly under one roof — built for consistent OEM and private label knife programs.

12,000+ m²Production Area
8Production Lines
250K+Knives / Month
100%Sharpness & Hardness Check
Process

From steel coil to finished knife

1

Steel & Blanking

Certified stainless steel is laser-cut or stamped into blanks, or drop-forged for full-tang lines.

2

Heat Treatment

Vacuum hardening and cryogenic tempering set the target HRC; every batch is Rockwell tested.

3

Grinding & Polishing

Taper grinding, satin or mirror polishing, Damascus etching and hammered finishes.

4

Assembly & Sharpening

Handles molded or riveted, bolsters fitted, blades sharpened to 15–18° per side and inspected.

Our factory in Yangjiang brings the complete kitchen knife process under one roof: steel blanking and forging, vacuum heat treatment, precision grinding, polishing, handle assembly, sharpening, inspection and packing. Controlling every step is what allows us to keep sharpness, hardness and finish consistent from the first sample to repeat container orders.

We source stainless steel coil and bar directly from certified mills — 3Cr13, 5Cr15MoV, German 1.4116, 7Cr17MoV, 9Cr18MoV and VG10 Damascus — and verify composition with spectrometer testing before it enters production.

Production Process

  • Blanking & Forging: Blades are laser cut or stamped from coil, or hot-forged with integrated bolster for full-tang forged lines.
  • Vacuum Heat Treatment: Hardening and tempering in vacuum furnaces to the target HRC for each steel, followed by cryogenic treatment for premium lines.
  • Grinding & Polishing: CNC and hand grinding of the blade geometry, then satin, mirror, hammered or Damascus etching finishes.
  • Handle Assembly: Pakkawood, G10, POM, ABS, stainless, olive wood or resin handles riveted, glued or over-molded to the tang.
  • Sharpening & Inspection: Edge angle set to 15° or 20° per side, paper-cut sharpness test, hardness and visual inspection on every batch.
  • Branding & Packing: Laser logo etching, gift box, blister, colour box or block packaging, export carton and pallet loading.

Quality Control Equipment

  • Spectrometer for steel composition analysis
  • Rockwell hardness testers
  • Sharpness and edge retention testers
  • Salt-spray corrosion test chamber
  • Coordinate and thickness gauges for blade geometry
Quality

Quality control process

Every knife passes through defined inspection checkpoints before it leaves our warehouse.

Incoming Steel Inspection

Mill certificates checked and composition verified so the steel grade you pay for is the steel in the blade.

In-Process Control

Hardness sampling after heat treatment, blade geometry and edge alignment checks on every production lot.

Pre-Shipment Inspection

AQL 2.5 sampling for sharpness, handle fit, surface finish, packaging and labeling. Third-party SGS / BV inspection welcome.

Equipment

Production capabilities

  • Blanking: laser cutting and high-speed stamping lines for stainless blade blanks
  • Forging: drop-forging presses for full-tang and bolstered chef knives
  • Heat treatment: vacuum furnaces with cryogenic tempering, HRC 52–61 range
  • Grinding: automatic taper grinding and robotic polishing cells
  • Handles: injection molding (ABS / POM / TPR), Pakkawood and G10 machining, riveting lines
  • Finishing: laser logo etching, Damascus acid etching, PVD black and colour coating
  • Packaging: colour box, gift box, blister, wooden block and set assembly
Knife factory workshop
3M+ knives/year
500+ designs
Vacuum heat treatment
Laser logo etching

Factory visits welcome

Visit our workshop in Yangjiang, Guangdong, or join a live video factory tour. Contact us to arrange a time.

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