Mediterranean character in every fiber

Alpha Olive

Handles made from olive wood up to 500 years old – each grain a piece of Mediterranean history, combined with Solingen blacksmithing craftsmanship.

Olive Chef's Knife, 21 cm
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Olive Chef's Knife

A precise, versatile knife with a warm olive wood handle for effortless everyday cutting.

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Blade
174,00 €
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THE KNIFE. Olive
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THE KNIFE. Olive

An olive wood handle and a versatile blade—the all-purpose kitchen tool for every occasion.

Handle
Blade26 cm
395,00 €
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Olive Bread Knife for Right-Handers, 21 cm
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Olive Bread Knife

Serrated edge and olive wood—perfect for crispy crusts and soft bread.

Handle
Blade
Hand
151,00 €
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Santoku Smooth / Kulle Olive 14 cm Kulle
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Santoku Smooth / Kulle Olive

Japanese-style knife with a warm olive wood handle for a variety of kitchen tasks.

Handle
Blade
Cut
176,00 €
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Chai Dao Olive
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Chai Dao Olive

Traditional cleaver with an olive wood handle for powerful cutting and chopping.

Handle
Blade16 cm
186,00 €
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Chinaform Olive Chef's Knife
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Chinaform Olive Chef's Knife

Asian-style knife with an authentic olive wood handle for versatile kitchen use.

Handle
Blade18 cm
199,00 €
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Olive Paring Knife
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Olive Paring Knife

Versatile chef's knife with a Mediterranean olive wood handle for precise cutting.

Handle
Blade16 cm
124,00 €
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Olive Paring Knife, 8 cm
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Olive Paring Knife

Precise detail work with a handy paring knife in a Mediterranean olive wood design.

Handle
Blade
90,00 €
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Olive Peeler
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Olive Peeler

Precise cutting with a handy paring knife featuring a Mediterranean olive wood design.

Handle
Blade6 cm
90,00 €
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Classic Olive Vegetable Knife
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Classic Olive Vegetable Knife

Precise peeling and cutting of small vegetables with a warm olive wood handle.

Handle
Blade8 cm
90,00 €
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Olive Vegetable Knife
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Olive Vegetable Knife

Precise peeling and cutting of vegetables with a comfortable olive wood handle.

Blade9 cm
90,00 €
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Olive Tomato Knife
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Olive Tomato Knife

The serrated edge cuts precisely through tomato skins—with a warm olive wood handle.

Handle
Blade13 cm
99,00 €
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Olive Flexible Boning Knife, 13 cm
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Olive Boning Knife

Precisely trims meat thanks to its flexible blade and non-slip olive wood handle.

Handle
Blade
Flexibility
117,00 €
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Olive Filleting Knife
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Olive Filleting Knife

Precise cuts through fish and meat with a flexible blade and an olive wood handle.

Handle
Blade18 cm
134,00 €
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Olive Ham Knife, 21 cm
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Olive Ham Knife

Wafer-thin slices of ham—the flexible blade glides precisely through thin slices.

Handle
Blade
142,00 €
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Hacker Olive
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Hacker Olive

A cleaver with a southern flair: The olive wood handle combines power and precision when chopping.

Handle
Blade18 cm
199,00 €
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Olive Steak Knife
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Olive Steak Knife

Cuts steaks with precision—the olive wood handle feels warm and well-balanced in the hand.

Handle
Blade12 cm
95,00 €
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Porterhouse Steak Knife, Olive
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Porterhouse Steak Knife, Olive

The perfect steak knife for juicy cuts—with a Mediterranean olive wood handle and a premium blade.

Handle
Blade12 cm
111,00 €
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Olive Meat Fork
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Olive Meat Fork

Safe for turning and serving, with a Mediterranean olive wood handle—sturdy and well-balanced.

Handle
Blade18 cm
136,00 €
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Olive Table Knife
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Olive Table Knife

Classic dinner knife with a warm olive wood handle for stylish table settings.

Handle
Blade12 cm
96,00 €
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Olive Fork
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Olive Fork

Elegant serving utensils with olive wood handles for stylish serving and presentation.

Blade9 cm
94,00 €
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Olive Table Spoon
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Olive Table Spoon

Olive wood handle for stylish serving and a comfortable feel while eating.

Handle
Blade9 cm
94,00 €
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Olive Cheese Knife
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Olive Cheese Knife

The perforated blade glides effortlessly through soft and hard cheeses without sticking.

Handle
Blade15 cm
108,00 €
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Olive Hard Cheese Knife
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Olive Hard Cheese Knife

Precise portioning of hard cheese – Alpha with a sturdy blade and a non-slip olive wood handle.

Handle
Blade10 cm
143,00 €
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Shark Olive Herb Knife
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Shark Olive Herb Knife

The serrated edge gently cuts herbs—the non-slip olive wood handle ensures precise cutting.

Handle
Blade14 cm
183,00 €
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Olive Pocket Knife
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Olive Pocket Knife

A compact companion with a Mediterranean olive wood handle, perfect for on the go.

Blade7 cm
138,00 €
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Olive Hunting Dog
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Olive Hunting Dog

Compact hunting knife with an olive wood handle for precise work on the go.

Blade11 cm
174,00 €
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Olive Utility Knife, 10 cm
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Olive Utility Knife

A precision-crafted all-around tool with an elegant olive wood handle and fine serrations for effortless everyday cutting.

Handle
Blade
28,60 €
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Olive Sharpening Steel
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Olive Sharpening Steel

Olive wood handle for a secure grip when removing and sharpening the blade.

Handle
Blade26 cm
136,00 €
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ALPHA Olive

The handle scales of the series Alpha Olive are made of selected olive wood that is up to 500 years old. The wood of the olive is very hard and weatherproof. This makes it the ideal material for knife handles. The strong grain and the distinctive light-dark effects of the olive wood make each knife an elegant one-of-a-kind.

The blade of chrome-vanadium-molybdenum knife steel is hand-forged from one piece of steel. In over 40 further manual operations by hand, it becomes a unique piece of Solingen knifemaking art. The handle scales made of finely textured, velvety olive wood should not be put in the dishwasher. The blade is stainless, ice-hardened and of course hand-sharpened.

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Material

There are sometimes contradictory requirements to be met by the blade material of knives. Thus, it is important to weigh up the different requirements and to realise an optimum. On the one hand, a knife steel should be hard, but not too hard, otherwise it runs the risk of breaking. On the other hand, the steel should not be too soft either, because otherwise the knife would lose its sharpness too quickly through wear. That is why the knives in the Alpha Olive series from GÜDE are made of a chrome-molybdenum-vanadium knife steel. This steel has an optimum hardness of approx. 57-58 HRc (Rockwell).

The hardness of the knife steel in the amount of 57-58 HRc of the series Alpha Olive optimally fulfils the different requirements of a high-quality knife.
Due to this hardness, the blade of knives from the Alpha Olive series is torsionally stiff, so that it guarantees exact guidance of the knife and thus a precise cut. But even a hard steel, such as the GÜDE knife steel, can be ground very thin. This means that even a hard steel can be very flexible. A flexible blade such as that of the Alpha Olive fillet knife is particularly well suited for filleting fish. Thanks to its flexibility, the blade can be moved back and forth between the skin and the fillet with a slight bend.

Manufacturing

The knives in the Alpha Olive series are traditionally drop-forged from one piece of steel. The result of the technology of drop forging is a high material strength even under dynamic stresses. During drop forging, the entire forging blank is heated and deformed between the upper and lower dies. In a multitude of further manual work steps, the drop-forged blank is turned into a handmade unique item from the knife manufactory GÜDE.

After forging and punching, the knives are roughly ground, calibrated and cleaned, followed by so-called ice hardening: the knives are cooled to -80 °C to improve the structure of the microstructure in the blade steel. In a further step, the knives are tempered in two stages. Tempering is a Solingen knife-maker term that means that the knife is heated again and thus made unbreakable. Now the blade is pre-ground, followed by pre-grinding of the upper part of the knife, the back of the knife. This is followed by the fine grinding of the back of the knife and the sharpening of the bolster, the thickening between the blade and the handle and at the end of the handle. The inside of the handle is now pre-ground. Pre-grinding of the front and rear bolsters is done in another 5 steps. Now it is the turn of the fine grinding of the blade. The Solingen knifemaker also calls this "pliesten". For bread knives, the special GÜDE serrated edge is now applied, and for hollow knives, the bolster. Tomato, cheese and steak knives get their serrations. The two olive wood handles are now fitted to the knife handle. Then the holes for the rivets are drilled. A countersink must be drilled in the holes for the heads of the rivets. The two handle scales and the tang are now joined by rivets. In another five or so operations, the grip scales are roughly sanded to the tang and the front and rear bolsters. These five steps must then be repeated with a finer abrasive belt. Now the back of the knife is given its fine grinding. The fine grinding of the front bolster follows and the knife handles are pre-polished. Then the central decorative rivet is inserted and the handles are finely polished. Only now does the knife get its sharpness, because the knife edge, also called the bevel, is now ground (the knifemaker calls this "honing") and the trigger is polished. In the next step, the GÜDE logo is etched onto the blade. In the final stages, the knives are cleaned and the quality is checked. Then the knives are put into a sheath for protection. And finally, the shipping bags are fitted with rivets and the labels belonging to the series and the blade type. The finished knives now go to the warehouse and are ready for shipping.

Form

Forging in the die provides degrees of freedom in the design language. From the tip of the blade to the end of the handle, shapes can be created that would not be possible with any other forging technology. For example, a design language like that of Alpha is only possible in the drop forging process. This is the reason why GÜDE has remained true to this proven and traditional technology since it was founded in 1910, now in its fourth generation. A typical feature of many series from the manufacturer GÜDE is the unmistakable double bolster. The bolster is the knifemakers' term for the thickening of the blade steel that is achieved during forging. The (front) bolster between the handle and the blade serves as finger protection and at the same time as a balance weight. The second bolster at the end of the handle gives the knives in the Alpha Olive series an even balance. This guarantees the user pleasant and fatigue-free work at the same time.

The knifemaker's term tang refers to the part of the steel to which the handle scales of a knife from the Alpha Olive series are attached. If the tang extends from the blade to the end of the handle, it is a so-called full tang. The knives in the Alpha Olive series from GÜDE all have a full tang, because this gives the knives a better balance of weight. The full tang is completely visible over the entire length of the handle, both from above and below. This is virtually proof that the knives in the Alpha Olive series are forged from one piece. There is no seam, no material transition - just as it must be with a knife forged from one piece in the die.

Function

High-quality knives must not only be sharp, they must stay sharp, they should lie well in the hand and be balanced so that fatigue-free and safe work is guaranteed at all times. The optimum sharpness and edge retention of the Alpha Olive series is ensured both by the hardness of the GÜDE blade steel with approx. 57-58 HRc (Rockwell) and by the GÜDE bevel angle of approx. 33 degrees. The handle shape, the continuous tang and the double bolster that is unmistakable for GÜDE make the knives of the Alpha Olive series a tool that guarantees perfect handling and balance.

When it comes to sharpness and edge retention, the bevel angle is of particular importance: cutting can be described as driving a wedge through a material to be cut. The more acute the angle of the wedge, i.e. the bevel angle, the better this works. The blade angle is the knifemakers' term for the cutting edge, i.e. the sharply ground part of a knife. A sharp bevel angle makes a knife sharper than a dull bevel angle. However, if the bevel angle is too acute, the bevel can break. That is why the knives in the Alpha Olive series from GÜDE have an optimum bevel angle of approx. 33 degrees. This angle guarantees both sharpness and stability. The chrome-molybdenum-vanadium knife steel of the Alpha Olive series with its hardness of approx. 57-58 HRc (Rockwell) ensures long-lasting sharpness. The prerequisite is cutting on a suitable cutting surface, e.g. wood or plastic. The incomparable balance of the knives in the Alpha Olive series is a result of the double bolster in combination with the full tang, which creates a counterweight to the blade in the handle area. For the user, this means perfect balance and fatigue-free work. A secure grip is always guaranteed. The front and rear bolsters enclose the hand and protect it from slipping, even when greater force is applied. The knives in the Alpha Olive series deliver what knife lovers expect from a perfect knife. Handcrafted, drop-forged from a single piece, with the experience of centuries of Solingen knifemaking.

Our Knife Collections

We value individuality—especially when it comes to developing and refining our knife collections. This is reflected in every single blade that leaves our workshop, in the selection of particularly beautiful and tactile handle materials, and in a unique ergonomic design that enables and celebrates fluid, fast, and precise work.

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Feinschmecker x Güde

The exclusive “Feinschmecker” edition combines authentic craftsmanship from Solingen the high standards of Germany’s leading gourmet magazine.

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THE KNIFE.

Our THE KNIFE. truly lives up to its name: we conceived, developed, and forged this all-purpose knife with a particular focus on perfect ergonomics. Its unique shape and balance allow the hand to naturally wrap around the blade while cutting, making THE KNIFE. feel like a natural extension of the hand.

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Bread knife

Güde in 1941 by master craftsman Franz Güde , the distinctiveGÜDE on our bread knives continues to delight bakers and bread lovers around the world today. The sharp serration of the unyielding, finely ground chrome-vanadium-molybdenum steel ensures that loaves, baguettes, and rolls are sawed rather than crushed, and that cabbage, melons, and crispy roast meats can be cut with ease. The elegantly simple handles, crafted from various high-quality materials, further contribute to the legend of our knives.

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Utility Knife

Our compact all-rounder is easy to handle and highly effective—not just when it comes to precise work with smaller items. Its fine serrations and double-sided hollow grind make our utility knife the perfect tool for peeling, slicing, and cutting vegetables, meat, fruit, and more.