Aitor Knife Company

Aitor Knife Company is a Spanish knife manufacturer and brand associated with both consumer cutlery and military or security equipment. The company was established in 1939 in the Basque Country by brothers Máximo, Eugenio, and Alejandro Izaguirre. Its original corporate name was IHER, formed from the initials of Izaguirre Hermanos, or Izaguirre brothers. The business later operated under the name Cuchilleria del Norte before adopting the Aitor name. Aitor's range has included fixed-blade knives, folding and pocket knives, combat knives, and outdoor equipment. Its products are particularly associated with field, survival, and military use. The brand's hollow-handled survival knives, including the Jungle King series, are among its best-known products. These knives combine a substantial fixed blade with a hollow or equipment-oriented handle intended to support field use. The Jungle King I and Jungle King II represent different sizes within that family, with stainless-steel blades and designs aimed at outdoor or survival applications. The company's military and institutional profile is also part of its identity. Reference material describes Aitor as supplying combat knives to the Spanish Army and to armed forces in other countries. The company has also stated that it provides equipment to international and public-sector organizations, including the United Nations, UNESCO, security services, and armed forces. The available material does not specify the relevant contracts, dates, quantities, or individual national customers, so those claims should be understood as company or reference-source descriptions rather than a fully documented procurement history. Aitor also produces pocket knives intended for outdoor recreation and models influenced by the compact tool format associated with Swiss Army knives. This gives the brand a position spanning specialist outdoor equipment and more general-purpose utility cutlery. Its products have been distributed beyond Spain, although a complete current market list is not established in the available sources. The company's present legal or operational status is not sufficiently documented by the supplied references. The Wikipedia reference identifies Rehabe S.L. as the current social reason, but the available material does not establish the ownership structure, headquarters, production arrangements, or whether all historical Aitor product lines remain in active production. Accordingly, Aitor is best described as a Spanish knife brand with a documented historical association with consumer, outdoor, military, and security markets, while current corporate details remain open for verification.

Aitor's documented history begins in 1939 in Ermua, in the Eibar area of Spain's Basque Country. The enterprise was founded by the Izaguirre brothers: Máximo, Eugenio, and Alejandro. It initially used the name IHER, an abbreviation derived from Izaguirre Hermanos. The company subsequently operated as Cuchilleria del Norte and later adopted the Aitor name, which became the principal brand associated with its knives. The company's historical identity developed around the production of knives for both civilian and institutional users. Its product scope included general utility cutlery, outdoor knives, survival designs, and military or combat knives. This combination placed Aitor between traditional Spanish knife manufacturing and the specialist outdoor-equipment market. The brand became particularly recognizable for fixed-blade knives with hollow handles, a format associated with survival and field equipment because the handle can be designed to accommodate supplementary tools or supplies. The Jungle King line is identified in reference material as a representative example of Aitor's survival-knife output. Jungle King I is the larger model, with a total length of approximately 35.8 centimetres and a blade of about 20.5 centimetres. The cited specification describes an AISI 420MoV stainless-steel blade with a stated hardness of 56–58 HRC and a stainless-steel, non-magnetic handle. Jungle King II is a smaller model, measuring approximately 27.5 centimetres overall with a blade of about 13.5 centimetres. Its cited handle material is Peraluman aluminium. These specifications are historical product descriptions and should not be assumed to represent current production without confirmation from an official catalogue. Aitor also developed military and combat knives for the Spanish Army and, according to the available reference material, for armed forces in other countries. The company has additionally described itself as a supplier of equipment to organizations such as the United Nations and UNESCO, as well as to security services and national armed forces. The supplied sources do not provide dates, contract documentation, procurement values, or a complete list of institutional customers. The claims therefore establish the brand's stated institutional orientation but not a detailed chronology of government business. Alongside its fixed-blade and military products, Aitor made pocket knives for outdoor recreation. Some of these were described as being modeled on the Swiss Army knife format, indicating an effort to address general outdoor and utility use as well as specialist survival applications. The available material identifies Rehabe S.L. as the company's current social reason, but does not provide enough information to construct a verified modern corporate history. Ownership changes, management, manufacturing locations, current product availability, and present operating status remain unclear. Aitor's reliable historical profile is therefore that of a Basque-origin Spanish knife maker whose brand spans outdoor, survival, military, security, and general utility products.

• 1939

  Business founded as IHER

  [1]Aitor Knife Companyen.wikipedia.org

  Máximo, Eugenio, and Alejandro Izaguirre founded the enterprise in Ermua, in the Eibar area of the Basque Country, under the name IHER, derived from Izaguirre Hermanos.

• Renaming as Cuchilleria del Norte

  [1]Aitor Knife Companyen.wikipedia.org

  The business later changed its name from IHER to Cuchilleria del Norte. The supplied reference does not give a date for this change.

• Adoption of the Aitor name

  [1]Aitor Knife Companyen.wikipedia.org

  The company subsequently adopted the Aitor name, which became the principal brand associated with its knife and outdoor-equipment ranges.

• Expansion into institutional and military supply

  [1]Aitor Knife Companyen.wikipedia.org

  Aitor developed combat and field knives associated with the Spanish Army and other armed forces, while also describing supply relationships with international and public-sector organizations.

Spanish outdoor, survival, military, and utility knife brand

• Survival knife

  Jungle King I

  Jungle King I is a large fixed-blade survival knife associated with Aitor's hollow-handled outdoor range. The cited reference gives an overall length of approximately 35.8 centimetres and a blade length of about 20.5 centimetres. Its blade is described as AISI 420MoV stainless steel with a stated hardness of 56–58 HRC, while the handle is described as stainless steel and non-magnetic. These specifications come from the reference material and are not independently confirmed as current production specifications.

• Survival knife

  Jungle King II

  Jungle King II is the smaller companion to the Jungle King I in Aitor's survival-knife family. Reference material describes it as approximately 27.5 centimetres long overall, with a blade of about 13.5 centimetres made from the same stainless-steel alloy cited for Jungle King I. Its handle is described as Peraluman aluminium. The design belongs to Aitor's field-oriented hollow-handle tradition, although current availability and specifications require confirmation.

• Military and combat knives

  Aitor combat knives

  Aitor has produced combat and field knives associated with military users, including the Spanish Army and armed forces in other countries according to the supplied reference. The available sources do not identify a complete model list, service dates, procurement programs, or current military catalogue. They establish the category as an important part of the company's historical product scope rather than documenting every model.

• Pocket and utility knives

  Aitor outdoor pocket knives

  Aitor's consumer range has included pocket knives for outdoor recreation. Some models were designed in a format influenced by Swiss Army knives, positioning them as compact multi-purpose tools for camping, recreation, and general utility. The supplied material does not provide a dated catalogue or a complete list of model names.

1. 1Aitor Knife Companyen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Aitor Knives and Penknivesaceros-de-hispania.com
3. 3Aitor Knives presentationaitor.com
4. 4Aitor official websiteaitorknives.es