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IRON/ KNIFE-MAKING IN LAPITHOS

Lapithos was famous for its knife-making in particular. Throughout Lapithos you could hear the sounds of hammers banging on hot iron or steel to shape it into a useful tool. In Lapithos one could hear the banging of steel all day and night as the iron shops were in the inner yards of the houses in small shops.

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The most successful iron-shops (Komodhromia) in Lapithos before 1974 barbaric turkish invasion were:
1. Pantelis Pappouros in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
2. Gorghios Hadjiilias in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
3. Stavros Hadjiilias in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
4. Christofis Havaros in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
5. Panais Zarris-Karatzias in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
6. Ilarios Loizou in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
7. Savvas Loizou in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
8. Neoklis Spanos in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
9. Kokos Lazarou in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
10. Miltiades Kounnapis in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
11. Miltiades A. Styllis in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
12. Karkaretsos
13. Panagos
14. Karatjias (Father-in-Law of Soteris Shiakallis)  in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
15. Dionysis Karatjias  in Ayios (Saint) Loucas, Lapithos.
16. Andreas Samiotis in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
17. Petris Hamboullos in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
18. Kostis Tsigaras,  in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
19. Hamboullos (father of K. Tsigaras)  in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
20. Koustouppis(brother of Koupepias, father of Agisilaos)
21. Savvas Sideras-Mastorakis in Ayios (Saint) Theodoros, Lapithos.
22. Georghios Petrou Mapouris ("Agrofulakas" in 1974) in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
23. Achilleas Hadjittofi in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
Iron tools for every use were prduced in Lapithos, from axes for agriculture, to precision weight instruments, and tools for construction, and even shotguns. They were also constructing anchors and chains for merchant ships, pots and other instruments for dimestic use in cooking etc.

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The most successful iron-shops (Komodhromia) in Lapithos before 1974 barbaric turkish invasion were:
24. Dionysis (Step-father of Kyr. Karmiotis) in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
25. Andreas of Achilleas Hadjittofi, in Ayios (Saint) Loucas, Lapithos.
26. Christofis Kalimeras Diaouris (father Bata) in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
27. Petros Hadjiyiannis in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
28. Sotiris Hadjittofis (Koutsosotiros), in Ayios (Saint) Loukas, Lapithos.
29. Georghios Louka, in Timios Prodhromos, Lapithos.
30. G. Mazochostis in Timios Prodhromos, Lapithos.
31. Theophanis Ifestos in Saint Loukas Lapithos.
32. Ttoulis Koufos in Ayios (Saint) Loucas, Lapithos.
33. Fytis Christodoulou Koufou in Ayios (Saint) Laoukas Lapithos.
34. Yiannis Andrianou and son Andreas, in Ayios (Saint) Theodoros, Lapithos.
35. Charalambos Fatellis  in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
36. Charalambos Fesas in Ayia (Santa) Anastasia, Lapithos.
37. Aristodimos Fesas in Ayia (Santa) Anastasia, Lapithos.
38. Charalambos Shiampettas in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
39. Avraamis Hadjittofis, in Turkish-Cypriot neighborhood, Lapithos.
40. Agapios Evaggelou in Ayios (Saint) Theodoros, Lapithos.
41. Kostas Elia in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
42. Ttofis of Annous, in Ayios (Saint) Loucas, Lapithos.
43. Demetris Karatjias in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
44. Nicolas Fesas in Ayia (Santa) Anastasia, Lapithos.
45. Andreas Lapithiotis in Ayia (Santa) Paraskeyi, Lapithos.
46. Charalambi opposite the Pottery Shop of Aristophanis.
The famous Knives of Lapithos were the pride of people of Lapithos. Everyone used to carry one knife in his pocket for everyday needs. Knives were also manufactured for Bucheries, and also for general-purpose use in the fields.

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The last knife-makers in Lapithos were: Soteris Hadjittofis (Koutsosotiros), Miltiades Iakovou (Kounnapi), Andreas Andrianos, Pantelis Mappouros, Georghios Hadjieftychiou, Ilaris Loizou, Thomas Mavridakis, Futis Christodoulou Koufos.

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