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Made in Sweden
More than 50 years of sharpening the world Tormek is where legacy meets innovation. For more than 50 years, the Swedish brand has been providing sharpening machines for woodworking. Nowadays, its range also includes equipment for enhancing your hunting, outdoors and culinary experiences.
desire to make sharpening easy and effective is still at the heart of the business.
By Malin Norman
Since the start, problem-solving through innovation is a driving force. The company holds close to 20 patents and offers a complete system including jigs and attachments, each one specially designed to easily achieve optimal sharpness on all kinds of hand tools.
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Photos: Tormek
Founded in 1973 by mechanical design engineer Torgny Jansson, Tormek provides sharpening systems in three segments: woodworking and crafts, outdoors and hunting, and culinary. What started out in Jansson’s garage, because he simply could not find a good method to sharpen his father’s woodworking tools, is now a world-leading brand. The first product was a low-speed water-cooled sharpening machine, reliable and affordable. Today, the product range is one of the most versatile on the market, and Tormek offers a complete sharpening system for all kinds of edge tools. Still based in Lindesberg, Sweden, the 30
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Issue 180
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July 2025
Photo: Tobias Oehlke
Innovation, functionality and quality
The technology is well-grounded in the Swedish tradition of advanced innovation, functionality and quality. Tormek is known for high-quality products that last over time, but what you might not know is that all products are also backwards compatible with previous versions. “Our sharpening system has come to set a standard in modern edge tool sharpening,” says Tanja Ambrosy, head of digital