Town Cutler

100% designed, heat-treated, ground, handled, and hand-sharpened in Reno, Nevada.

Chef-driven American knife manufacturing providing hand-ground culinary blades, lifetime sharpening support, and sustainably harvested domestic burl handles.

Shop Town Cutler Reviewed 17 Aug 2026

Master Artisan

Galen Garretson

Founder & Master Cutler

Former professional chef who founded Town Cutler in San Francisco and expanded to Reno, Nevada, dedicating his craft to designing and building balanced, high-performance kitchen knives for chefs and home cooks.

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From Town Cutler

7" Nakiri - Tahoe Bliss

$230

Japanese-style vegetable cleaver hand-ground from Nitro-V stainless steel with custom buckeye burl and blue resin handle.

3" Bird's Beak Knife - Buckeye Burl & Blue Resin

$120

Precision tourné paring knife engineered for peeling and intricate fruit/vegetable carving, handmade in Reno.

Essentials Knife Set - Black G-10 | Culinary 2.0

$1015

Complete 4-piece professional chef set hand-ground with military-grade indestructible G-10 handles.

What we found

Verified Domestic Audit

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Verified Reno, Nevada cutlery workshop, independent founder ownership, domestic grinding/finishing, and specialized mail-in knife sharpening operations.

Owned here

100% independently US owned and operated by founder Galen Garretson.

Source

Town Cutler was founded in 2011 by former chef Galen Garretson to craft knives that meet the rigorous demands of professional culinary work.

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Made here

100% designed, heat-treated, ground, handled, and hand-sharpened in Reno, Nevada.

Source

All Town Cutler knives are designed and handcrafted in the USA, combining traditional knifemaking techniques with modern precision manufacturing.

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Materials

American Nitro-V stainless steel and Swedish AEB-L steel combined with California buckeye burl and G10 composite handles.

Source

We utilize high-performance cutlery steels including Nitro-V and AEB-L, paired with stabilized buckeye burl and durable G10 handle materials.

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Shipped from here

Cutlery workshop, design floor, fulfillment center, and mail-in sharpening facility based in Reno, NV.

Source

Our headquarters, knife production workshop, and national sharpening service operate out of Reno, Nevada.

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Sources we checked

Town Cutler Workshop Handcrafted culinary knifemaking in Reno, Nevada

Reviewed 17 Aug 2026. Next check by 17 Feb 2027.