Top 5 Knife Companies

1. Spartan Blades
2. Guardian Tactical
3. Hogue Knives
4. Chris Reeve Knives
5. Olamic Tactical

Honorable mention - Emerson
 
My top 5:

Spyderco (Sprints and exclusives)
Benchmade (I fell back in love with the Axis-lock)
ZT (high value Ti flippers)
Case (my choice for traditionals)
Cold Steel (3v fixed blades)
 
Victorinox
Leatherman (pst II in particular)
Cold Steel
Becker (bk5 in particular)
Spyderco
 
Based on personal experience, Benchmade, Spyderco, Buck...and after those really no one else*.

(*but I keep looking)
 
What is interesting to me is that the question was just about favorite knife companies but the overwhelming majority of responses are about folders, or folder-centric companies.

1. Spyderco
2. Whustof
3. Yaxell
4. Victorinox
5. Buck
 
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