NEW AGE PALETTE KNIVES Designed for direct, contemporary painting with a variety of stiff and soft-body media, RGM New Age Palette Knives offer unique effects that would be impossible with conventional knives. New Age knives are made in the same way as RGM's well-known Plus knives, with solid wood handles, brass fittings, and electroplated steel blades. But the shapes go way beyond the traditional catalog, including crown-shaped knives, wobbly curves, and sharply angled knives. All are flexible enough to use on your canvas. Made in Italy. RGM — MADE IN ITALY SINCE 1961. RGM is a family company in Maniago, about an hour's drive from Venice in the northeast corner of Italy.