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O Armenis

Sifaka Street, Chania Old Town · Greece

Hand-forged Cretan knives with horn and olive-wood handles

What you’ll find

What O Armenis is known for

Michalis Pahtikos forges Cretan knives by hand on Sifaka Street, in Chania's historic Mahairadika cutlers' quarter, continuing a trade his father Apostolos built into the shop. Handles are fitted with bone, horn, olive wood and aspalathos, often engraved with traditional mantinades verses.