Roland Lannier

"I’m very happy to announce a new partnership between me and Kinn Collective. As soon as you feel like it, you can get in touch with Mat, it will be just like me."

Roland Lannier - Designer + Maker + Creator

Tucked away in an old polishing workshop along an alleyway of Thiers’ town centre in France lies Roland Lannier HQ, home to a team of three; Roland (the ‘sick’ brain), Guillaume (the prodigy) and their trusty side-kick Leonard (the French Bulldog). Roland became bored by the pieces he came across in the knife industry and had enough of the animal based and ‘precious’ materials used extensively throughout, such as ivory and exotic wood. Roland wanted change. Think less colonial, more playful, more unexpected and…well, more punk.

Specialising mainly in knife craft (although we have seen the odd letter opener and baker’s blade make it into his bespoke collections), pieces are made from a range of synthetic or recycled materials. From comic books to concrete through to genuine Lucha Libre masks, luminescent resin and vinyl records, Roland’s knives are unquestionably some of the most unique, resourceful and original we have ever laid our peepers on – and believe me, we’ve seen a lot of knives.