Cutlery refers to any type of utensil that is used for serving, preparing and eating food. Cutlery was traditionally used by the western world. Many times people will refer to knives or other cutting Tools as cutlery though cutlery also include forks and spoons. There are even hybrid pieces of cutlery like the knork, spork and spife.

Cutlery was traditionally created all over the world though much of the industry became concentrated in Birmingham and Sheffield in England. Birmingham focused on creating swords that went by the name of long cutlers and Sheffield specialized in knifes. These knives were first forged from silver but as technology evolved stainless steel began to be used for cutlery.