Knife brands
Brands in our knife database and the steels their popular models use.
SpydercoGolden, Colorado knife maker known for the round thumb hole, leaf-shaped blades and the Compression Lock.BenchmadeOregon knife maker best known for the AXIS lock and the Bugout and Griptilian lines.CiviviBudget-to-midrange brand from WE Knife, known for value folders such as the Elementum.QSPValue-focused Chinese brand; the Penguin is its best-known design.KershawOregon brand of KAI USA making assisted-opening and budget-to-midrange folders.Zero ToleranceKAI USA's premium brand of hard-use folders, made in Oregon.Chris Reeve KnivesBoise, Idaho maker of the Sebenza, the integral-lock titanium folder.HogueCalifornia grips maker whose knife line includes the Deka with the ABLE Lock.BuckIdaho maker of the Buck 110 Folding Hunter, made since 1963.MicrotechNorth Carolina maker best known for its Ultratech and UTX out-the-front automatics, now built with Böhler M390MK blades.WE KnifeYangjiang-based premium brand (parent of Civivi) producing titanium-handled folders in M390 and CPM 20CV.DemkoAndrew Demko's Pennsylvania company, maker of the Shark Lock AD20.5 series, with production knives manufactured in Taiwan.FällknivenBoden-based Swedish company whose F1 pilot survival knife has been issued to the Swedish Air Force since 1995.Pro-TechSanta Fe Springs, California maker of American-made automatic knives such as the Godfather, Malibu and TR-series.Cold SteelVentura, California-based maker of hard-use fixed blades, folders and swords, known for the Tri-Ad lock and the SRK and Trail Master lines.BökerSolingen cutlery house founded in 1869 whose Böker Germany line is made in Solingen; Böker Plus and Magnum are imported sub-brands.Böker PlusBöker's value line, designed in Solingen and produced outside Germany (mostly Asia), covering designer-collaboration folders and fixed blades.Fox KnivesManiago-based cutler (Oreste Frati S.r.l.) known for Italian-made folders, karambits and tactical knives, many in Böhler N690Co.RocksteadSakai, Osaka maker of mirror-polished, convex-ground high-end folders built around ZDP-189 and other Japanese super steels.ESEEIdaho-based maker of 1095 carbon steel survival and bushcraft fixed blades backed by an unconditional lifetime warranty.Ontario Knife CompanyLong-running US knife maker (RAT folders, Air Force Survival Knife) whose RAT series is produced in Taiwan.SOGOregon-based brand founded in 1986 around the SEAL and SEAL Pup fixed blades, now making folders, fixed blades and multi-tools.CRKTColumbia River Knife & Tool, an Oregon company producing designer-collaboration folders and fixed blades, mostly made in Taiwan and China.Bradford KnivesSmall US maker best known for the Guardian series of compact fixed blades offered in a range of steels.Winkler KnivesBoone, North Carolina shop founded by bladesmith Daniel Winkler, making 80CrV2 fixed blades for military and outdoor use.ShunKai's premium kitchen knife brand, handcrafted in Seki City with VG-MAX, SG2 and Dual Core blades.MiyabiZwilling's Seki-made Japanese kitchen knife brand, built around SG2 (MC63) and FC61 powder-steel cores.SukenariToyama Prefecture kitchen knife maker known for working with hard powder steels such as HAP40 and ZDP-189.HatsukokoroJapanese kitchen knife brand that commissions blades from workshops in Seki, Tosa and Sanjo in a range of carbon and high-speed steels.YoshikaneSanjo City hammon workshop known for thin, hammer-forged stainless-clad White #2 and SKD gyutos.MasamotoTokyo knife maker founded in the 1800s whose KS-series White #2 gyuto is a benchmark among professional chefs.Sakai TakayukiSakai, Osaka cutlery house (Aoki Hamono) producing hand-forged traditional and modern kitchen knives.