E Through K

Fox Knives

These unique folders are made in Italy by the same manufacturer who makes the Roman Style Ax which we have sold for several years. The workmanship is superb.

Fred Carter Knives

Fred Carter, the designer of these knives made by Gigand of Taiwan, has been making handmade knives for years. He is a past president of the Knife Makers Guild and one of the masters of the High Art Knife Movement. These knives reflect his approach to the art of knifemaking; elegance without ostentation.

Gerber

Everyone who likes knives knows who Gerber is. They started out with high quality kitchen knives and moved into sporting knives, and now they are one the major players in that field.

Harley-Davidson

Today, marketing the "Brand" is constantly in the business press. Nobody, that I know of, does a more complete job of marketing their "Brand" than Harley Davidson. They have created many products in addition to the knives which we offer. In this case they supply us with knives designed by Dr. Fred Carter, a former president of the Knife Makers Guild. These knives, made in Taiwan by very talented craftsmen, are some of the very best of the factory produced Walker-Lock knives on the market.

Hen & Rooster Knives

Made in 1980 and Before

Bertram, the maker of the original Hen & Rooster knives, was founded in 1865 and quickly became the finest knife made in Solingen, Germany. In fact, the knives made between 1865 and 1980 in the tiny factory with 14 employees when I purchased the company, remain the finest traditional, production, pocketknives that I know of. The blades are better ground, better finished, and the insides of the knives are so clean they appear to have been mirror finished inside as well as outside.

I bought this company, on the verge of bankruptcy in 1975 and managed to keep it alive for five years, turning out some of the finest knives of the past 100 years. I insisted on thicker liners, always nickel silver, the finest handle materials, and the finest possible workmanship. You cannot compare this 25-30 year old work with that done after the courts dissolved the little company and took the trademark away from us. Robert Klaas was never more than second rate, and even the work now being done by the best company in Solingen is not on a par with these knives made in the best years of this great trademark.

Henckels Kitchen Knives

For more than 260 years the J. A. Henckels twin logo has been a symbol for quality in fine kitchen cutlery.

Hibben Knives

Hibben Knives 1997 marked master knifemaker Gil Hibben's 40th year of knifemaking.

KA-BAR

For the past 20 to 40 years Ka-Bar has been in the hands of the worlds largest key maker. A year or so ago, it was bought by a well established manufacturer of knives, the Alcas company. These people are dedicated to restoring the Ka-Bar name to the high position it once held in the American Knife World. The Ka-Bar reputation depended on the U.S.M.C. combat knives, which were also made by many knife companies in WWII. The Ka-Bar reputation was so strong that all the knives of this type became referred to by the name Ka-Bar.

KAI Cutlery

KAI Cutlery is a powerhouse in Seki City, Japan. Seki, because of the location of iron, has been the center of the production of swords, knives and other cutting tools for the past 700 years. KAI has been a leader in kitchen and utility knives for over 90 years; they own Kershaw Knives of Portland, Oregon, as well as extensive production facilities in Japan and other parts of the Pacific Rim.

Kershaw

Kershaw, with it's entire history rooted in Japan, has begun making knives in the United States.

Klotzli

It is a number of years since Michael Walker's high tech Liner-Lock® knives passed from a few hundred dollars each to thousands of dollars. Throughout these years there have been many knifemakers, specialty knife people and huge factories copying features from his knives, most of them without even the courtesy of mentioning his name. Here you have a Michael Walker Liner-Lock® design executed in Switzerland by H.P. Klotzli, one of the top names in Swiss knives.