Ganiveteria Joan Pol

The Pol family started in the cutlery trade in the 1920s, thanks to the husband of Joan Pol Vich’s sister, Sebastià Campins, who lived in the town of Consell. He belonged to a lineage of trinxeters who ran Hermanos Campins and who, over time, opened different shops in other towns so as not to compete with each other.

Joan started working at the age of 12 in his brother-in-law’s workshop. In the forties, he decided to become independent and opened a workshop in Sa Pobla. In 1956, his son, Joan Pol Payeras, became an apprentice and in the 1970s he took over the workshop, later expanding it to include a shop where he could sell the products he made. Joan Pol Payeras took over the business until his retirement, more than three decades later. Long before retiring, Joan worked as a teacher for his son-in-law, Martí Crespí, who worked alongside his father-in-law in a trade he was passionate about.

Martí took over the business around 2005, when his father-in-law retired. He still remembers his days as a trinxeter with pride and tenderness, as it is his life and passion.

The cutlery shop has the accreditation of master craftsman trinxeter by Joan Pol Payeras and the letters of artisan tinsmith and cutler by Martí Crespí. The shop offers everything from trinxets for marsh workers and different types of knives to tins for making cocas and other custom-made craft items, all handmade in the workshop.