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What sets Chris
Reeve Knives apart from most others is dedication to quality, performance and
value for money. These knives are working tools of supreme strength and durability.
They have been tested extensively and are the result of unique design, top quality
steel, sophisticated machining, hand craftsmanship and good old-fashioned hard
work! Chris Reeve Knives is a very small company manned by a group of hard workers
who strive to produce the very best knives which will work exceptionally at an
affordable price.
Chris was trained and worked for 13 years as a Tool and Die Maker and,
although his interest in knives has taken him into a somewhat different career,
the knowledge gained from his training has proven invaluable in producing knives
which are recognized world-wide as the best in their field. He has been making
knives since 1975, and as a full time maker since 1984. Born and raised in Durban,
South Africa, Chris moved to the United States in 1989 where he has been able
to access the multitude of information and technology available in this country.
Much of this technology is now being seen in the methods he is using to produce
both his fixed blades and folding knives.
Over the past fifteen years, his business has grown into a small company
that employs skilled assistants. Chris' time is now spent managing the business
- which involves product design, research and development and overseeing production
- rather than physically making knives. His dedication to innovation, quality
and integrity remains as firm today as it ever has been.
All of the knives shown in this web site are a combination of modern
computer controlled technology and good, old fashioned hard work. Some of the
initial stages of handles and blades are prepared on large and expensive machinery.
The one piece work is done for us by an excellent machine shop and all of the
work for the folders is done in-house. All blades are ground by hand and all polishing
is done with that special ingredient "elbow grease"! Heat treatment
is done in house under Chris' very critical scrutiny and blades are random tested
on the hardness tester seen with Chris in the photo above. Folders are assembled
with total dedication so that the fit of pivot pins and bearings is within the
most exacting standards.
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