Hackman was a cutlery and cookware company founded in

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in 1790. The Hackman brand is now owned by

Iittala Group Iittala, founded as a glassworks in 1881, is a Finnish design brand specialising in design objects, tableware and cookware. Iittala's official i-logo was designed by Timo Sarpaneva in 1956. Iittala has strong design roots in glasswares and art gl ...

, which was acquired by

Fiskars Corporation Fiskars Group (also known as Fiskars Oyj Abp or Fiskars Corporation, and until 1998 as Fiskars Oy Ab) is a Finnish group company. The company has its roots in the village of Fiskars (in the town of Raseborg, about west of Helsinki), where it was ...

in 2007. In a 2008 survey which included both Finnish and international brands, it was the fifth most respected brand among consumers. The Hackman butterfly knife ( Finnish: ''Linkku puukko'', "latch-knife") was a type of butterfly knife produced by Hackman. The knife was marketed by Hackman as a ''retkiveitsi'' ("camping knife") and later as ''Eräpuukko'' ("wilderness puukko"). The knives were also sold in the United States, and some researchers state they were issued by the U.S.

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during the

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References

External links

* http://www.hackman.fi/ (Household kitchen equipment, owned by

Iittala Iittala, founded as a glassworks in 1881, is a Finnish design brand specialising in design objects, tableware and cookware. Iittala's official i-logo was designed by Timo Sarpaneva in 1956. Iittala has strong design roots in glasswares and art gl ...

) * https://www.metos.com/manufacturing/ (Professional kitchen equipment, formerly Hackman) Companies established in 1790 Fiskars 1790 establishments in Sweden Manufacturing companies of Finland {{finland-company-stub