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1 HN user recommended this in 2019, in one comment.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
The stuff from Manufactum is not comparable to cheap stuff from somewhere else. It's a lot better quality. It's not just "organic cotton"; there's a lot more that differentiates products from Manufactum than just the type of cotton it is made from.
You can see from the extremely elaborate description that they write about every manufacturer (it's a German store, so the English texts aren't as detailed) that they don't just resell random stuff from far away factories. They put a lot of thought into the products they offer.
Usually Manufactum isn't the cheapest option, but their markup is not as bad as you think. If you can find the item at other stores, it'll cost about the same (+/- 10%). For example, this Herder knife costs 94€ plus shipping at Manufactum [1] and 109€ with free shipping at Amazon [2].
[1]: https://www.manufactum.at/herder-kuechenmesser-kesselscher-w...
[2]: https://www.amazon.de/Windmühle-Messer-Windmühlenmesser-Univ...