The Grohmann Story     Grohmann: \'grow man\

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grohmann Knives Limited is a small family business with a big reputation. It is an Old World story that began before the second World War, when a commercial buyer from Quebec traveled once a year to a factory in Sudetenland, then a German region of Czechoslovakia, to buy pocket knives. Every year the buyer would urge Rudolph Grohmann the production manager at a plant in Mikulasovice (Nixdorf), to come to Canada , promising him help to get started. Mr. Grohmann would always decline as he was happy in his own country, but after the war, the political situation grew desperate and in 1949 Rudolph Grohmann accepted the offer. Rudolph's daughter Berta married Michael Babinec Sr who was from Rudno nad Hrohom. Within a year, Grohmann and his family arrived in Nova Scotia at the invitation of the provincial government-funded Pictou Cutlery.

 

"Grohmann Knives Limited" was formed in 1961 by the family and was run by one of Grohmann's daughters, Berta, & her husband Michael Babinec Sr.   They passed the family business down to their three sons who all worked in the business together at one time.

 

Today, Michael Jr. President, along with his daughter Michelle, are running the business in its same location in Pictou Nova Scotia with approximately 25 employees

 

Over the years, Grohmann Knives continues to grow its product line, and has added to the award-winning Canadian outdoor & kitchen knives to complement the collection. Also many unique, custom made & machine knives are privately branded. Grohmann Knives are sold the world over in many countries.

 

At Grohmann Knives, making knives is as much an art as a trade. The top quality knives are produced with as many as 53 steps between starting point & finished product.

 

Grohmann Knives offers Free Factory Tours of the plant in Nova Scotia.  At Grohmann's, it's a matter of pride & family tradition!

 

 

For more detailed information on the history, the free tours and much more, visit our main site at www.gknives.com