Chicago Cutlery
Midwestern working knives, once made in Wauconda Illinois.
Status: Avoid
- Founded
- 1930
- Website
- chicagocutlery.com
- HQ
- USA
- Manufacturing
- China
- Ownership type
- PE-owned
- Parent
- Corelle Brands (Centre Lane Partners)
- Acquired
- 2024
- Status since
- 2026-07-13
Ownership
Acquired by World Kitchen via General Housewares in 1999 and offshored through the 2000s. Now part of the Centre Lane portfolio.
Why Avoid
Entirely China-made behind a name that promises otherwise.
Sister brands under Corelle Brands (Centre Lane Partners)
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