Knife Manufacturers that are not talked about much?

[Kels73]

Another that comes to mind is Utility Tool Knives.

 

[JDRanger]

Hogue doesn't seem to get much attention. I'm thoroughly impressed with my Hogue Extreme w/button lock and secondary blade lock.

 

[Knave]

Olamic, Freeman and Grayman come to mind for me.

 

[SpySmasher]

Hubertus is one brand I almost never hear anything about. They have some seriously wicked designs, albeit a little old fashioned. There's nothing wrong with that, though.

Hubertus makes one of my "Favorite Knives That I Do Not Own."

 

[Petunia D. Feeble]

SOG seems to have fallen off in recent years. I remember drooling over their catalog years back, but they just didn't change quickly enough with the rest of the industry.

That said, they can still make a great knife. I'm a big fan of some of their autos as well as the arc lock knives from Seki City.

I don't carry it much as it's a bit too "tactical" for my tastes, but I've been seriously impressed by this Vulcan.

 

[SpySmasher]

I'm a big fan of some of their autos as well as the arc lock knives from Seki City.

I have an ATS-34 Seki Vision that is amazing.

 

[Petunia D. Feeble]

I have an ATS-34 Seki Vision that is amazing.

The Pent Arc, which I sold like a dummy, is the sort of knife that makes you needlessly explore dark alleys. Despite having zero knife fighting experience, you just feel like a badass with one.

 

[Riz!]

Funny whitty, because I have a Southern Grind Bad Monkey, a White River Backpacker, Spartan Enyo and a Freeman necker. They are all very nicely made knives

 

[mt666tm]

Southern Grind Bad Monkey is definitely on my radar.

DPx has a rather 'interesting' archived forum here tbat you can peruse... that said, their knives were not on my radar until I held their HEST/F model. I have two of them now.

All that Jazz aside, they make a fantastic knife (or Lionsteel does anyway ) . When they have the HEST/F made-in-USA model I will absolutely get one. Apparantly its in the works.

 

[goldie]

Al Mar seems to have disappeared ; I rarely see anything on them in recent years.....

 

[The Burgh]

The few times I see the following brand mentioned, it's in a thread the subject of which is little-known, seldom-mentioned, underrated and seemingly forgotten brands:

William Henry

 

[Valyrian steel]

Rapid River knives out of Michigan's U.P. Great blades.

 

[ridnovir]

TRC Knives from Lithuania should be mentioned here if you have not come across his fixed blades you are missing out.

 

[Rival1314]

Three Rivers, Millit - both do mid-tech manufacturing for custom makers, but they each have a few designs of their own out on the market as well. They do some great work!

 

[Lyubomir Trayanov]

Manly knives. Quite popular in Europe with their Comrade slip joint and Patriot Fixed blade. The also have the Peak folders. In general high quality knives made from high quality steels with excellent HT profile.

 

[W. Anderson]

I'm shocked that there is very little mention (none, really) of Sage Blades (Dylan Farnham) on this forum. Granted, his stuff is art knife-leaning, but his differentially hardened O-1 can walk the walk. Pretty pricey however.

One of my favorite makers, and I'm happy to have a nice example of his work.

 

[HappyDaddy]

Sorry, there's a lot I'd like to say, but I'm not at liberty to talk about these brands.

 

[Hard Knocks]

TRC Knives from Lithuania should be mentioned here if you have not come across his fixed blades you are missing out.

I was just scrolling through to see if TRC got a mention. Great knives.

Good thread Whitty

 

[Curknives]

I own a spartan pallas and absolutely love mine.

 

[needler420]