If you've been keeping an eye on the folding knife scene lately, Remette is a name that keeps coming up — and for good reason. This is a brand that's been quietly doing a lot of things right: premium materials, genuine engineering innovation, distinctive aesthetics, and prices that make you look twice. At Blade Forge, we don't stock brands we don't believe in, and Remette has earned its spot.
Here's the full story.
Where Remette Is From
Remette is based in Yangjiang, a city in Guangdong province, southern China, widely regarded as the knife manufacturing capital of the country. Sometimes called the "Capital of Knives and Scissors," Yangjiang is home to around 1,500 knife manufacturers and accounts for an estimated 60–70% of all knives produced in China. If you're serious about making quality blades at scale, this is where you set up.
What separates Remette from the many other Yangjiang manufacturers is deliberate focus. Most local producers compete fiercely in the culinary knife market — racing each other on price, targeting commercial kitchens, and trying to out-manoeuvre Japanese makers. Remette went a completely different direction: the EDC pocket knife space. Folding knives built for people who carry and actually use a blade every day.
That decision, and the commitment behind it, defines everything about the brand.
What Makes Remette Tick
Remette's own words sum it up well: experienced product designers, production technicians, and a quality control system that ensures precision at every step. But the part that really stands out is their commitment to innovation — and not just incremental tweaks to existing designs.
Remette has developed and patented a series of original mechanical structures, including:
- Gravity knife deployment — the design that turned heads at SHOT Show 2024 with the RT-Swordfish
- Button liner lock — combining the ease of a button release with liner lock security
- Centre nail button lock — a clean, centred actuation point for smooth one-handed opening
- Take-down knife structure — allowing full disassembly for maintenance or customisation
These aren't cosmetic differences. Remette is engineering genuinely new ways for a knife to work, and backing them with patents. That's rare at any price point.
The Materials
Remette builds across two primary material tiers, both of which Blade Forge stocks:
M390 steel is where Remette's high-end range sits. Böhler M390 is a premium powdered metallurgy stainless steel prized for exceptional hardness (typically 59–62 HRC), outstanding edge retention, and impressive corrosion resistance. On many Remette models, these blades are hand-ground to a pearlescent satin finish — a labour-intensive process that results in a surface that genuinely catches the light differently from machine-ground blades.
14C28N steel appears throughout Remette's more accessible range. Developed by Sandvik specifically for knife use, 14C28N punches well above its price bracket — excellent corrosion resistance, good toughness, and an edge that's easy to maintain. It's the steel of choice for knives that are meant to be used hard without constant babying.
Handles across the range include titanium (machined and anodised in various finishes), G10 fibreglass composite, and micarta — each chosen to match the intended use and price point of the model.
Design That Stands Out
Remette takes aesthetics seriously in a way that goes beyond simply offering colour options. Their lineup spans from clean, muted carriers that don't announce themselves to bold, eye-catching pieces built to be conversation starters.
The Wild Species series features hand-ground M390 blades with a pearlescent satin surface and titanium handles in textured or anodised finishes — tiger pattern, oil-slick blue, monochrome. The Peregrine Falcon brings a button lock with safety mechanism, M390 steel, and thunder-lightning textured or standard titanium handles. The RT-Bee takes a completely different approach — a lightweight 14C28N folder designed for commuting and daily use, with an included fruit fork and toothpick for the practical-minded.
The RT-Swordfish, Remette's SHOT Show 2024 standout, introduced their patented gravity knife structure to wide attention. It's the kind of release that makes clear this is a brand with genuine engineering ambition.
The naming convention — wildlife and nature references throughout — gives Remette a coherent identity that runs across the whole catalogue.
Value That's Hard to Argue With
Here's where Remette consistently surprises people. M390 blades with titanium handles, hand-ground finishes, and patented locking mechanisms at these prices shouldn't be possible — but Remette makes it work. Entry-level models are genuinely accessible for anyone getting into EDC, and even the flagship pieces come in below what comparable spec would cost elsewhere.
This isn't budget-knife quality dressed up in premium materials. The precision engineering, strict QC processes, and original design work are evident in hand. The value proposition is real.
Shop Remette at Blade Forge
Blade Forge is proud to stock Remette knives in Australia — including both M390 and 14C28N models across the range. We're always among the first to secure new Remette releases, so if there's a model you've got your eye on, you'll find it here before anywhere else in the country.
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