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Nov 5, 2016 · Two of the most recognizable names in Oregon knife making, Gerber and Benchmade, are expanding their USA operations with around-the-clock production, bigger facilities, and new machinery. Gerber has implemented a 24/7 manufacturing schedule at its Portland, Oregon facility.
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It’s spring, and I take a road trip around Portland for a “tour de knives,” visiting Leatherman, Gerber, Benchmade, and a couple of mom-and-pop shops. Since this is Portland, I expect some rain, but I land at the tail end of a record stretch of precipitation: 145 days and counting. It has been raining every day since October 1. Everything outside i...
With nothing more than a high school diploma and a dead-end pizza job, Collver knew decades ago that he wanted to make knives. He worked his way into Benchmade 23 years ago and found his calling. He’s now a manufacturing manager and working on a Master’s degree after earning a degree in business management, thanks in no small part to Benchmade’s ow...
On the drive from Oregon City to Hillsboro to meet Carter, I get caught in a snarl of Portland’s famed traffic. It takes 30 minutes to go 10 miles. The congestion eventually breaks up, and it appears the clouds might too. I meet Carter at an industrial business park. He’s at the end of a row of small office storefronts with giant garage doors attac...
WORN INSIDEhis hoodie or out, Murray Carter’s neck knife is always within easy reach. It’s a fixed-blade, as opposed to a folding pocketknife with an obvious weak point at the hinge. It provides a unique tactical advantage, should the need arise, but most often, it’s a way to display his craft, to get the conversation started. He ends up giving awa...
NINETY-SEVEN PERCENTof the jobs in cutlery and handtool manufacturing in Oregon are in the Portland area. These statewide stats are essentially Portland stats, says Nick Beleiciks, an employment economist with the Oregon Employment Department. This story originally ran in the August 2017 issue of Outdoor Life. Read more OL+stories.
Apr 26, 2024 · More than a dozen business owners, manufacturers and fans of handmade local products met Thursday night to discuss a question: Could Portland be known as the knife capital of the United...
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Aug 3, 2016 · These days Portland is best known for old-timey beards, hipsters, microbreweries, and veganism. But, if you look past the alternative culture oozing out of the city, you’ll find out that Portland is the undisputed knife capital of the United States.
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May 25, 2019 · Recognized among a handful of quintessential EDC knives, every 940 knife is hand-built in Benchmade’s 144,000-square-foot facility, which employs more than 400 workers in the Portland suburb of...
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May 3, 2016 · Portland Oregon isn't just known brands like Nike, Columbia and breweries like Widmer Brothers. The Rose City is also known for its blades.
