Jack Igarashi, Chief of North American Operations, Kai USA ltd., Pete Kershaw, Founder
Products
Knives
Number of employees
430
Website
http://www.kaiusaltd.com
Kershaw Knives designs, sources and manufactures a wide range of knives, including pocketknives, sporting knives, and kitchen cutlery. Kershaw is a brand of Kai USA Ltd., a member of the KAI Group, headquartered in Tualatin, Oregon, United States.[1]
^Voyles, J. Bruce (1985). "Knives in the Northwest". Blade. 13 (4): 38.
KershawKnives designs, sources and manufactures a wide range of knives, including pocketknives, sporting knives, and kitchen cutlery. Kershaw is a brand...
"SpeedSafe" assisted opening mechanism for KershawKnives. Ken Onion was the Premier Knife Designer for KershawKnives. As a US Marine, Onion devised a helicopter...
The Night of the Long Knives (German: Nacht der langen Messer), also called the Röhm purge (German: Der Röhm-Putsch) or Operation Hummingbird (German:...
mortal wounds that tended to bleed less than those made by other types of knives. In Italy, the stiletto began to be employed along with the dagger as a...
Shun is sold by Kai USA in Tualatin, Oregon—alongside the KershawKnives and Zero Tolerance Knives brands. The origins of the Kai Group date back to 1908...
traditional pre-colonial small to medium-sized single-edged swords or large knives of the Philippines that function both as tools and weapons. They are characterized...
Buck Knives is an American knife manufacturer founded in Mountain Home, Idaho and now located in Post Falls, Idaho. The company has a long history through...
murders. Double-edged knives, however, play different sorts of roles in different social contexts. A wide variety of thrusting knives have been described...
SOG Specialty Knives, Inc. (commonly known as SOG) is an American knife and tool manufacturing company famous for their reproduction SOG Knife from the...
Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. It is known for its Swiss Army knives. The Swiss Army knives made by Victorinox are made of hardened steel. Since its acquisition...
January 2003 Cascio, Pat."Kershaw's Latest Tactical Folders", Knives Illustrated, February 2007 Shackleford, Steve (2009). "New Knives for 2009". Blade's Complete...
company. The first ZT knives were produced in 2006 alongside Kai USA's longstanding, KershawKnives brand. The original line of ZT knives included collaborations...
been made by companies such as Blackjack Knives, Ek Knives, Valor Cutlery, Gerber Legendary Blades, KershawKnives, Parker Bros., and Cold Steel. Kevin Michalowski;...
are performed for art or amusement. Blunt "trainer" versions of these knives are also available and can be used to practice tricks without the risk of...
of knife used for general manual work purposes. Such knives were originally fixed-blade knives with durable cutting edges suitable for rough work such...
combat fighting. Since the end of trench warfare, most military combat knives have been secondarily designed for utility use (clearing foliage, chopping...
Quikut name for use on carving knives, butcher knives, fruit knives, kitchen knives and can openers in 1921. Quikut knives were heavily advertised in the...
for these knives, production companies offered mass-produced tactical folding knives. Companies such as Benchmade, KershawKnives, Buck Knives, Gerber,...
to Combat/Fighting Knives. Paladin Press. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-87364-732-8. Buerlein, Robert A (2002). Allied Military Fighting Knives: And The Men Who Made...
Randall Made Knives, usually referred to as Randall, is an American custom handcrafted knife manufacturer founded by Walter Doane "Bo" Randall, Jr. in...
A knife (pl.: knives; from Old Norse knifr 'knife, dirk') is a tool or weapon with a cutting edge or blade, usually attached to a handle or hilt. One of...
associated knives were widely issued to the ordinary soldier for combat and utility purposes, while Allied armies mostly issued trench knives to elite infantry...
either a Victorinox or Wenger "cross" logo or, for Swiss military issue knives, the coat of arms of Switzerland. Other colours, textures, and shapes have...
Al Mar and Pete Kershaw. Gerber built a line of folding knives based on designs of Rex Applegate. Models of Gerber fixed blade knives include: the Gerber...
used in traditional events, such as dances. Like with some other curved knives, as the blade bends towards the opponent, the user need not angle the wrist...
Military Knives, Howell Press Inc., ISBN 1-57427-092-3 (1999), pp. 24–28. Stephens, Frederick J., Fighting Knives: An Illustrated Guide to Fighting Knives and...
manufacturing companies, there are hundreds of custom knifemakers producing Bowie knives with different types of steel and variations in style. The early history...