

Product notes: Arrowhead is a line of Rough Rider knives that were a design collaboration between Brian Yellowhorse and Brian Wilhoite.Ĭountry, Place of Manufacture: Distributor and antiquities dealer. Product notes: High quality fixed blade word knives used in Java.Ĭountry, Place of Manufacture: China (PRC) Product notes: One of the many Jim Frost brands of traditional pattern knives. Product notes: Agriculture, nautical and rescue knives.Ĭountry, Place of Manufacture: Pakistan, China (PRC) No solid information is available at this time

It is is uncertain if the knife is actually made there. Numerous companies, stamp Spanish style knives with the word Andujar. Product notes: Andujar, Spain was an old steel center, similar to Sheffield, England or Solingen, Germany. Product notes: Higher end products are made in the USA, lower priced material are made in SMKW overseas factories in China and Pakistan.Ĭountry, Place of Manufacture: Assumed, Spain. All ABKT knives come with a life time warranty.Ĭountry, Place of Manufacture: USA, Global Most products are modestly priced and globally produced knives. Product notes: Located in Sweetwater Tennessee ABKT owns the Cattleman's Cutlery USMC, Roper, Game Raider Cutlery lines. They are known for their sleek lock-backs Al Mar Knives has collaborated with a number of knife makers, martial artists, and military tacticians including Rex Applegate, Nick Rowe, Bob Taylor, Bill Harsey, Jr., and ABS Mastersmith Kirk Rexroat. Product notes: Al Mar is an American based company (Tualatin, Oregon) producing tactical designs in Japan. They are well known for their high-quality survival knives.Ĭountry, Place of Manufacture: Japan (Seki City) Product notes: Founded in 1939, Aitor is a Spanish company that specializes in manufacturing knives for consumer and military markets, particularly the Spanish police, army, and security forces. So older or knock off knives may have been made in China. Their knives are outsourced to Blade Tech with production occurring Taiwan. Product notes: 5.11 is a US based company producing tactical and out-door extreme weather clothing and equipment.

If you spot an error, please notify me so I can correct it.Ī lexicon of knife terminology: Section A Once verified, I will add the knife maker to the list. If you are looking for information on a company not already listed, again email me. If you would like me to add a knife maker email me at tobias gibson gmail com. If you see the word global in a description it means either company is located in more than one country or its production occurs in more than one country and is location of production is unknown. Where possible, trademark/ownership is listed along with place of manufacturing and any relevant notes to help describe the brands. Remember, the original intent was to discover who was making all those American sounding brand names and where they were made. People who collected high-end handmade custom knives will be left wanting, however. While this is not an all inclusive list, it does cover many major production brands that knife collectors will come across. It lists current brands and where the brand is currently being made. Still this is not an all inclusive list of every brand name out there.įor the most part the list is not historical in nature. The current list provides information on around 200 different knife brands. The list has grown beyond my original intention and now includes brand names from a variety of sources and online dealerships. As SMKW also produces numerous house brands, I decided to investigate the brands listed at the SMKW web site as well.

USA MADE PROELIA FOLDING KNIVES TV
The main show competing with Cutlery Corner at the time was the now defunct Smoky Mountain Knife Work's, KnivesLive TV and Tactical Knives TV. Initially I wanted to find out what knives being sold Cutlery Corner Network television program were actually Jim Frost trademarks. It began after hearing numerous brand name knives being sold both online and on television. I started doing this as an effort not to buy junk knives. The information below started as a project to determine who makes all those American sounding brand names knives and where they were actually made. Who Owns Who - Prepared by Tobias Gibson, © 2012, 2014 Blindkat Publishers A Pocket Guide To Knives: Who Owns Who Copyright T.
