Marttiini will close the gates in Finland.

[Erbswurst]

The owners of Rapala fishing lures and Marttiini knives move the entire production to Estonia and seem to kick out the Finnish employees.

Rapala halts fishing gear production in Finland after more than 80 years

Rapala, one of the world's top fishing lure manufacturers, is moving production to Estonia.

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[Ystranc]

In a race to the bottom no one wins. Such a shame that all those skills will be unwanted. I’ve always liked Jan Marttiini knives.

 

[Erbswurst]

I really hope that the employees simply open a new factory, perhaps based on Laurin Metalli blades or whatever.

 

[R_Fonseca]

That's disappointing. I've always liked the brand

 

[Sieddy]

That's a great shame indeed. I imagine they will lose business as a result, given that there's so much competition in the market now and i for one valued the fact that they were still producing in their traditional home (like Mora and Helle etc). Maybe others will feel similarly!

 

[Kav]

I’ve lost track of iconic brands now bearing the dreaded Made In China
Logo. I’m told ‘buy ‘Merican’ by someone in a red MAGA hat made in China because I’m warm in my Gloverall Monty coat. My blue jeans
Are actually USA made- in the Pendleton penitentiary teaching inmates a trade ( in a vanishing industry)
I look for the best made and from the native source. It keeps some time proven skills and even machines employed ( my William Lennon order) If someone wants to go global? That guy with the red baseball hat just had his iconic Harley- Davidson stolen- engine made in Japan!

 

[TLM]

I haven't had a Marttiini puukko for some while, broke too many of them in normal activity. Usually in the tang-blade juncture, brittle fracture, too low tempering temp or some other possible HT failure.

They might have learned to do it properly in the last 25 years but why to risk when some people know how to do it properly.