Kershaw
Oregon knife brand of Kai USA, founded in 1974, making pocket, sporting, work and tactical knives.
Kershaw Knives was started in Portland, Oregon, in 1974 by knife salesman Pete Kershaw, who left Gerber Legendary Blades to form his own cutlery company. In 1977 it became a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan's KAI Group.
Kershaw is a brand of Kai USA Ltd., which also sells Shun kitchen cutlery and Zero Tolerance knives. Many Kershaw models are made in the company's 55,000 sq. ft. facility in Tualatin, Oregon; others are built in overseas facilities, including in China. Kershaw backs its knives with a Limited Lifetime Warranty.
The range covers everyday-carry pocketknives, knives for hunting, fishing and camping, and work and tactical knives, in assisted, automatic, manual and fixed-blade designs. The company credits itself with the first assisted-opening knives on the market, the patented Sub-Frame lock, and Composite Blade technology, which combines two steels in one blade.
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