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New Zealand's oldest knife making company
Nine To Noon
English - November 01, 2020 21:11 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Gareth Hughes is the proud owner of New Zealand's oldest knife-making company - Victory Knives. The business was founded in 1927 by Edward Goddard, a master cutler from England who emigrated here. World War 2 saw a huge boom for Victory Knives when it became a major supplier of combat knives for the U.S. Army. These days all major meat and fish processing companies in New Zealand and Australia use Victory Knives and its divers knives are in demand by commercial divers all over the world request the Victory Knives Divers Knife. Gareth is a keen fisherman and hunter who's always known the value of a good knife.