All-American Knives?

[awjones]

I did Nazi that coming.

that was HEILarious….



I’ll see myself out

 

[rycen]

American made Spyderco

Genzow HatchetHawk
Lil’ Native comp lock
Lil’ Native back lock
Manix 2 lightweight
Manix 2 G10
Manix 2 XL
Military
Native Chief
Native 5 FRN
Native 5 G10
Paramilitary 2
Para 3 G10
Para 3 lightweight
Respect
Shaman
Siren
UK penknife
Waterway
Wolf Spider
Yojimbo
Yojumbo
Z cut

That’s all the current Golden made models not to mention all the variations and sprint runs of the above.

 

[wouter1967]

Strider

 

[Boattale]

Case and Randall come to mind.

 

[Shorttime]

I forgot about Southern Grind! Seems I heard they were bought by somebody else. Probably a discussion for another thread, and it probably exists, already.

Forgot that Spyderco sources things from all over the world, too.

That's a project for some bored masochist: charting the origins of knives, their steel, incidental parts like screws.... It would be frustrating to pull off (how many factories really pay attention to where the steel in their pivot pins comes from?), but an interesting read. Like a "Berry Compliance" chart, for knives.

Keep listing 'em, if you get 'em!

 

[Black Oak Bladeworks]

Emerson
Kershaw has a small USA line to.
Buck for some models.
Bark river
Spyderco has quite a few.
ESEE
TOPS
CPK

And lots of other little makers, My self included. The only thing not USA sourced for me would be some of my handle pins, Or if I use a foreign grown wood.

 

[Shorttime]

Emerson
Kershaw has a small USA line to.
Buck for some models.
Bark river
Spyderco has quite a few.
ESEE
TOPS
CPK

And lots of other little makers, My self included. The only thing not USA sourced for me would be some of my handle pins, Or if I use a foreign grown wood.

I heard that! I dabble in a little stock removal myself. I don't want to take away anything from custom makers, I was thinking about people who want to buy as American as possible, but may not have the resources for a single-author folding knife. Sure, when you get into Olamic, fancy CRKs and something like a Po Boy Emerson, you're scraping the edges of full custom, and not all of us are ready to play in that arena, either!

The lines between "production", "custom", and "mid-tech" are getting even more blurry than they used to be, and I think this is a good thing. For purposes of this thread, I was mostly thinking about production and mid-tech (for whatever those terms mean for you), because if we start talking about single-author knives, we may as well just paste the entire Knifemaker's For Sale sub-forum into this thread, and it would crash straight into the post-length restriction before you got 1/10 of the way through.

 

[The Aflac Duck]

Y’all are lacking…

 

[DustinK]

The subject of country of origin comes up fairly often. So, are there any knife manufacturers that try their best to make sure they do as much in the States as possible?

BUCK

I don't think a company like Buck, Kershaw, or Spuderco that have entire lines made outside the US can be considered to be doing as much as possible in the states. Doing as much as possible in the states would mean zero knives get made overseas

 

[severedthumbs]

Strider, trm, mcnees, microtech, zieba, Spartan, pro-tech, heretic, plus many many more

 

[000Robert]

Carothers Performance Knives!!

 

[Oklahoma Outlaw]

Jake Hoback Knives

 

[Ron Sabbagh]

Nvr mind

 

[Bob Denman]

Gerber?
The 2 that I have are made here...

 

[HP2114B]

American made Spyderco

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That’s all the current Golden made models not to mention all the variations and sprint runs of the above.

Don't forget the Autonomy and P'Kal.

 

[ourgon]

Zero Tolerance is Kershaw's company. And KAI is making a half of their knives in China.

Same with Spyderco.

 

[Jesse B.]

Hogue

 

[OrangeBlueOrangeBlue]

American made Spyderco

Genzow HatchetHawk
Lil’ Native comp lock
Lil’ Native back lock
Manix 2 lightweight
Manix 2 G10
Manix 2 XL
Military
Native Chief
Native 5 FRN
Native 5 G10
Paramilitary 2
Para 3 G10
Para 3 lightweight
Respect
Shaman
Siren
UK penknife
Waterway
Wolf Spider
Yojimbo
Yojumbo
Z cut

That’s all the current Golden made models not to mention all the variations and sprint runs of the above.

That's 22 US-made models, including the LW versions.
They make 34 models in Japan, NOT including multiple handle materials or the various lines of kitchen knives...

Police (Steel & LW)
Endura (Steel, Ti, & FRN)
Delica (Steel, Ti, & FRN)
Endela
Rockjumper
Stretch
Civilian
Matriarch
Cricket
Harpy
Dragonfly
Ladybug
Manbug
Rescue
Assist
Atlantic Salt
Saver Salt
Snap-it Salt
Tasman Salt
Salt 2
Pacific Salt
Roc
Parata
Karahawk
Caly 3.5
Centofante
Moran
Enuff Fixed
Street Bowie
Streat Beat
Ark
Jumpmaster 2
Aqua Salt
Fish Hunter

 

[GIRLYmann]

 

[Uncle Alva]

Bear & Son, Jacksonville, in the great State of Alabama