10 YEARS AGO IN OCTOBER 2002, PENKNIFE WAS BORN.
At the time we created a set of values that we believed made us unique and which we lived by daily – the essence of our business.

10 years later and we STILL believe and practice the same values. The only difference now is that we are… Better!

Click on our values below to check out their definitions…


BETTERORGANISEDFUNFLEXIBLESIMPLEPASSIONATECREATIVESKILFULPROPERHONEST
BET-TER adj.
1. Better: superior, finer, of higher quality; preferable; informal a cut above, head and shoulders above, ahead of the pack/field

2. There couldn’t be a better time: more advantageous, more suitable, more fitting, more appropriate, more useful, more valuable, more desirable

OR-GA-NISED adj.
1. Functioning within a formal structure, as in the coordination and direction of activities

2. Efficient and methodical

FUN adj.
1. Enjoyable; amusing
FLEX-I-BLE adj.
1. Able to bend without breaking: able to bend or be bent repeatedly without damage or injury

2. Able to adapt to new situation: able to change or be changed according to circumstances

SIM-PLE adj.
1. Not involved or complicated; easy

2. Being without additions or modifications

3. Not guileful or deceitful; sincere

4. Unassuming or unpretentious; not affected

PAS-SION-ATE adj.
1. Showing intense emotion: expressing intense feeling

2. Enthusiastic: having a keen enthusiasm or intense desire for something

3. Having strong emotions: tending to have strong feelings, especially of love, desire or enthusiasm

CRE-A-TIVE adj.
1. Having the ability or power to create

2. Productive; creating

3. Characterised by originality and expressiveness; imaginative

SKIL-FUL adj.
1. Good at doing something, especially because you have practised doing it

2. Done or made very well

3. Having or demonstrating a high degree of knowledge or skill

PROP-ER adj.
1. Correct: appropriate or correct

2. Needed and appropriate: fulfilling all expectations or criteria

3. With correct manners: behaving in a respectable or socially acceptable way

HON-EST adj.
1. Marked by or displaying integrity

2. Not deceptive or fraudulent; genuine

3. Equitable; fair:
• Characterised by truth; not false
• Sincere; frank

4. Of good repute; respectable