The Industrial German designer, Carl Pott (1906-1985) was born into a cutlery legacy. His father was Carl Hugo Pott, part of the German town - Solingen, the so-called knife town. Still today many of the great cutlery names use Solingen as their base of operations. Carl joined his father at the family company in 1932, just when there were new ideas about design. The German Bauhaus was inspiring new ideas and establishing a modern style across Germany. These Bauhaus concepts left behind the over decorated, and the Pott's family operation stylistically introduced clean lined, functional and ergonomic flatware. Soon the younger Pott would become known as the international designer and craftsman that brought intensity and technical innovation to flatware. "Leave out the expendable and create the Useful even more so perfect and beautiful" In 1935, the Pott family laid down the cornerstone of a silverware program with his plain, smooth Model 2716; that no