Knife related companies in Southern California?

[TheseusTheDestroyer]

Hello all,
As my search for a morning job continues, I thought maybe I should apply to places that make/sell knives so that I can have a job that I will have great interest and experience in as opposed to working at a subway or something that I would eventually hate (lol)

so I know that Cold Steel's head quarters are in Ventura CA which is about 45 minutes from where I live at the moment. I also know that Emerson's head quarters are in some city nearby as well and I would gladly apply to work at both these places whether they're hiring or not, it's worth a shot either way.

So what I wanted to ask everyone was if there are any other places that are in southern California where I could apply besides these two places and the few local stores that sell knives but have very little variety. I'd love to work at Knifecenter or BladeHQ but those are out of state for me, maybe someone knows of another online knife store that would be in my area?

Thanks in advanced!

-T

 

[johnnytoxin]

Plaza Cutlery- Costa Mesa
Strider- San Marcos
Hogue- somewhere in so cal I think

 

[TheseusTheDestroyer]

I looked them up and they're too far from me Thanks anyways!

 

[amg137]

You guys have covered the big ones, I think. Nordic knives is another awesome retailer, based in Solvang. IIRC they deal almost exclusively in customs.