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About us
Family owned since 1956
CutleryMania.com is a division of New Jersey Grinding LLC.
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The roots of New Jersey Grinding began in the Val de Rendena. This small valley in northern Italy was home to many knife grinders who migrated to other parts of the world. Angelo Collini was one such emigrant. Angelo left the town of Pinzolo and arrived in New York in 1956 to live and work in Brooklyn. As he mastered his trade, he took advantage of the opportunity in 1958 to buy into an existing business — New Jersey Grinding in Newark, N.J. |
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Meat-processing supplies soon became commonly used in every butcher, supermarket and restaurant. And New Jersey Grinding expanded beyond selling and sharpening knives to sell butcher supplies and tools. The “Knife Man,” as Angelo was called, knew his customers well and earned their respect for giving good service and value at a fair price. His business evolved from sharpening knives on location from his truck to having a central shop location where knives could be rented and exchanged by the week. |
Mobile grinding truck 1969
Today, Angelo’s son, Louis, runs New Jersey Grinding. Louis Collini started in the business at the age of 10. Summer vacations consisted of delivering knives with his dad, and cleaning and polishing the carbon-steel blades in the shop.
Louis’s appreciation for the business practices instilled in him as a child continues today. While still providing knife sales, sharpening services and butcher supplies, New Jersey Grinding has expanded to Internet sales with the Cutlery Mania division.
This brings many new customers, but Louis holds onto the same principals the generations before him understood. He believes in earning customers’ respect by knowing their needs and providing quality products and services — and always at a good price.
