Kinmen Knife

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Cleaver set with sharpener made from artillery shell remains

Close up of cleaver set with Kinmen engraving

The Kinmen Knife (金門菜刀) is a knife exclusively made in Kinmen County in Fuchien Province of the Republic of China. The knives were once made from the remains of artillery shells fired by the U.S. and Allied forces in World War II, and by Mainland China between 1958 and 1978.

[edit] External sources

• Kinmen history
• The knives are out in Kinmen Taipei Times
• Kinmen Knife (Chinese)

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