Cutlery and Allied Trades Research Association
- Henry Street, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Cutlery and Allied Trades Research Association (CATRA) is an internationally known research and technology organisation in Sheffield, England which specialises in knives, cutlery, tableware, metallic holloware (such as pans), shaving razors, industrial knives, blades and garden tools.[1][2][3]
History
CATRA was originally set up by the British Government in 1952 to carry out developments for the UK's cutlery and knife industries, for which the area of Sheffield in Yorkshire is world-famous.
CATRA has developed a range of unique machines for measuring the cutting performance of all types of cutting edges from razor blades to large knives used in machinery and for testing of blade performance in general.
Since the 1980s CATRA has become an internationally recognised (60% export, CATRA published accounts 2013) cutting technology organisation, supplying consultancy, testing services and knife/blade making and testing equipment to manufacturers, developers, designers, users and retailers. Their particular expertise is unusual and important to the knife history and culture of Sheffield.
Aims
CATRA's aim is to provide manufacturers, retailers and users of all types of cutting implements with independent technical experts that can advise, carry out product comparisons/tests and develop blade, knife and cutting technologies.
Services
The association has a wealth of knowledge which is available to everyone on a competitive fee paying basis, however CATRA will enter into dialogue with consumers and users of cutlery, knives and tools where their expertise may be of help, on a free of charge basis. Petersen's Bowhunting magazine uses CATRA to measure sharpness of arrowheads.[4][5]
Products
CATRA manufactures a wide range of special purpose equipment including knife and cutlery testing machines and knife sharpening systems including the CATRAHONE and CATRASHARP machines.[6]
References
- ^ Boughton, Paul (27 May 2016). "Magneto-inductive sensors measure displacement of blade cut depth". Engineer Live. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Cutting it for the consumer market". The Star. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Maximizing Edge Retention – What CATRA Reveals about the Optimum Edge". Knife Steel Nerds. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Do Targets Affect Broadhead Sharpness? - Petersen's Bowhunting". Petersen's Bowhunting. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "2017 Fixed-Blade Broadhead Test - Petersen's Bowhunting". Petersen's Bowhunting. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ http://www.catra.org/pages/products/sharpening/sharpening.htm Archived 30 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Official website
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- List of daggers
- List of blade materials
table knives
- Boning
- Boti
- Bread knife
- Butcher knife
- Butter knife
- Caidao
- Cheese knife
- Chef's knife
- Cleaver
- Electric knife
- Fillet knife
- Grapefruit knife
- Lame
- Mezzaluna
- Parmesan knife
- Pizza cutter
- Splayd
- Steak knife
- Tomato knife
- Japanese kitchen knives
- Aircrew Survival Egress Knife
- Athame
- Balisong/Butterfly
- Ballistic
- Ballpoint pen knife
- Bayonet
- Boline
- Bolo
- Boot knife
- Bowie
- Cane knife
- Ceramic knife
- Clip point
- Combat knife
- Commander
- Corvo
- CQC-6
- Deba bōchō
- Diving knife
- Drop point
- Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife
- Gerber Mark II
- Ginsu
- Golok
- Gravity knife
- Guna
- Hacking knife
- Higonokami
- Hunting knife
- Husa knife
- Ivan's Knife
- Jacob's ladder
- Karambit
- Kard
- Kirpan
- Kitchen knife
- Kukri
- Laguiole knife
- Machete
- Mandau
- Marking knife
- Misericorde
- Mora knife
- Multi-tool
- Navaja
- Neck knife
- Nontron knife
- Opinel knife
- Palette knife
- Pantographic knife
- Parang
- Penknife
- Penny knife
- Pesh-kabz
- Pirah
- Pocketknife
- Phurba
- Putty knife
- Puukko
- Rampuri
- Resolza
- Sabatier
- Sami knife
- SARK
- Scalpel
- Seax
- Sgian dubh
- Sharpfinger
- Sheath knife
- Shiv
- Sliding knife
- Smatchet
- SOG Knife
- Straight razor
- Strider SMF
- Survival knife
- Swiss Army knife
- Switchblade
- Taping knife
- Throwing knife
- Trench knife
- Tumi
- Ulu
- Utility knife
- Warrior knife
- Wedung
- X-Acto
- Yarara Parachute Knife
- Yatagan
- Anelace
- Applegate–Fairbairn fighting knife
- Arkansas toothpick
- BC-41
- Bagh nakh
- Balarao
- Baselard
- Bichuwa
- Bollock dagger
- Cinquedea
- Dha
- Dirk
- Ear dagger
- Emeici
- Facón
- French Nail
- Gunong
- Hunting dagger
- Janbiya
- Jile
- Kabutowari
- Kaiken
- Kalis
- Katar
- Khanjali
- Khanjar
- Kris
- Kunai
- Liaoning dagger
- Mark I trench knife
- Microtech Jagdkommando
- Parrying dagger
- Poignard
- Pugio
- Push dagger
- Rondel dagger
- Seme
- Shobo
- Sica
- Stiletto
- Tantō
- U.S. Marine Raider stiletto
- V-42
- Yoroi-dōshi
- Aitor Knife Company
- Al Mar Knives
- American Tomahawk Company
- Aritsugu
- Benchmade
- Böker
- Buck Knives
- Camillus Cutlery Company
- Cattaraugus Cutlery Company
- Chris Reeve Knives
- Chroma Cnife
- Clauss Cutlery Company
- Cobray Company
- Cold Steel
- Columbia River Knife & Tool
- Cuisinart
- Cutco
- Dalian Hanwei Metal
- Dexter-Russell
- Ek Commando Knife Co.
- EKA
- Emerson Knives
- F. Dick
- Fällkniven
- FAMAE
- Fiskars
- Füritechnics
- Glock Ges.m.b.H.
- Imperial Schrade
- Ivan's
- Ka-Bar
- Kershaw Knives
- KitchenAid
- Korin Japanese Trading Company
- Kyocera
- Leatherman
- Mad Dog Knives
- Marble Arms
- Medford Knife and Tool
- Microtech Knives
- Morseth
- Muela
- Murphy Knives
- Olfa
- Ontario Knife Company
- Opinel
- Randall Made Knives
- Ranz Cuchillos
- Rösle
- Sabatier
- Shun Cutlery
- Slice, Inc.
- SOG Specialty Knives
- Spyderco
- STI Knives
- Strider Knives
- Thiers Issard
- TOPS Knives
- Tramontina
- Victorinox
- W. R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co.
- Carl Walther GmbH
- Wenger
- Western Knife Company
- Wilkinson Sword
- Wüsthof
- Yoshida Metal Industry
- Global
- Zero Tolerance Knives
- Zwilling J. A. Henckels
- Rex Applegate
- James Black
- Blackie Collins
- John Nelson Cooper
- Ernest Emerson
- Jerry Fisk
- Bill Harsey Jr.
- Phill Hartsfield
- Gil Hibben
- Jimmy Lile
- Bob Loveless
- William F. Moran
- Ken Onion
- Ralph Osterhout
- Bo Randall
- Chris Reeve
- A. G. Russell
- Jody Samson
- William Scagel
- Mike Snody
- Robert Terzuola
- Michael Walker
- Buster Warenski
- Daniel Winkler
- American Bladesmith Society
- Cutlery and Allied Trades Research Association
- Knifemakers' Guild
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