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Top 25 Custom knife makers worldwide

RevenueBase identified 434 custom knife makers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 2,339 professional contacts across them, including 633 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Solingen the largest hub.

This list covers custom knife makers worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for custom knife makers follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
434Companies
2,339Contacts tracked
633Verified emails
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The 25 largest custom knife makers worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 434 custom knife makers worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to custom knife makers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceOregon City, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500244 contacts →

Partial evidence

“For nearly 40 years, Benchmade has evolved from a small garage in Southern California to a thriving knife manufacturing business located in Oregon City, OR.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Indirect evidencePost Falls, ID, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500166 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Buck Knives has provided innovative leadership in the field for more than 115 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Indirect evidenceSolingen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50091 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“WÜSTHOF has one mission since its beginning in 1814: crafting the finest knives that last for generations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidencePaso Robles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20077 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Indirect evidenceBurnaby, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20061 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“House of Knives is a successful privately own business that was first established in 1979.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidenceMora, SwedenHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20056 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“There’s a special bond between the hands making a Morakniv and the hands using it.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Indirect evidenceMills River, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20053 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Precision Cutlery Since 1994.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Indirect evidenceSouthbridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50048 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceGolden, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20047 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Spyderco, Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Partial evidenceSevierville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20046 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Smoky Mountain Knife Works offers all major knife brands for every function imaginable.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Strong evidenceFrenchtown, MT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5028 contacts →

Strong evidence

“MKC is an American made knife brand focusing on delivering the highest quality production knives in the world to discerning customers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Partial evidenceJackson, WY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5021 contacts →

Partial evidence

“New West KnifeWorks makes knives like we cook.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Indirect evidenceGeorgetown, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Cangshan takes its name from a mountain in southern China and the small city where our founder, Henry Liu, was born.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Indirect evidenceBagnolet, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Deejo est né de l’envie de Luc et Stéphane de redonner de l'élégance à un geste désuet : celui d'utiliser un couteau de poche au quotidien.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceUtica, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Utica Cutlery Company is a proud established business in operation since 1910.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Indirect evidenceDubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A quintessence of Japanese cutting performance and European reliability.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Indirect evidenceAmparo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A company with over 50 years in the market, manufacturing products with differentiated finish, recognized design and quality, guaranteed by the high technology used in its…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Indirect evidenceBoise, ID, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Chris Reeve Knives is a leading American-based manufacturer of folding and fixed-blade knives designed for everyday work.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Indirect evidenceCaldas Das Taipas, PortugalHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“CUTIPOL is the best result of a constant effort for improvement, an insatiable spirit of innovation and the gathering of expertise and know-how over several generations going back…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5013 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Bernal Cutlery is a premier full-service knife shop and sharpening service based in San Francisco.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Indirect evidenceEl Cajon, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON YOUR BLADE, SO WE GUARANTEE OUR BLADES FOR LIFE.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Indirect evidenceSolingen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Seit über 150 Jahren fertigen wir die berühmten Messer mit dem weltweit bekannten Baumzeichen in der Klingenstadt Solingen von Hand.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Indirect evidenceThiers, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“FISCHER-BARGOIN est depuis 1859 une entreprise familiale située à Thiers, dans le centre de la France.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Indirect evidencePrato, ItalyHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Shared threads run through all of our product line, tieing it together, and attest our core principles.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Indirect evidenceLille, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Kotai was born as a bridge between Asian and Western cutlery.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Custom knife makers worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
27.1%Verified-email coverage
5.4Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
2.3%Largest-city concentration · Solingen
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
282
11-50
89
51-200
35
201-500
15
501-1,000
1

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among custom knife makers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage
Every country. Country and city lists for custom knife makers are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “custom knife makers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names custom knife makers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among custom knife makers, and records with no verified work email.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 633 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Custom knife makers by location

1 lists · largest first

Every Custom knife makers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

Countries

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names custom knife makers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many custom knife makers are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 434 custom knife makers worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Benchmade, headquartered in Oregon City, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most custom knife makers?

The United States leads with 152 companies. Every custom knife makers list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most custom knife makers?

Solingen leads with 10 headquartered companies, followed by Yangjiang (9) and New York (4).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 633 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 434 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.