Benchmade Knives
Made in the USA, means exactly that when it comes to
Benchmade. The factory is located at
300 Beavercreek Road in Oregon City, Oregon. Benchmade
Knife Company, Inc. has been manufacturing
knives at this modern facility since
March of 1996. Corporate offices, sales & marketing,
customer services, and manufacturing are all under one
roof working hard everyday to continue providing you
with the best possible products and services. Local
business hours are from 8:30am to 5:00pm pacific time.
The modern design of this facility allows for future
expansion as Benchmade continues to
grow and evolve in the specialty cutlery markets.
History:
Benchmade Knife Company, Inc. set-up
shop in Clackamas, Oregon in 1990 (originally founded
in California in 1988). The initial knives primarily
consisted of the Bali-Song® knives,
using a combination of outside vendors and inside processing
to build finished products. And like most companies,
starting out meant scarce money and big plans, using
second hand equipment and limited resources.
Soon, a natural born fortitude and an undying passion
to make it right and make it Benchmade,
prospered into significant growth. As the product line
grew so did the in-house capabilities. We began to acquire
new machines and technologies including the first of
several lasers, making Benchmade the
first knife manufacturer to have such
equipment in-house. Open minds and positive attitudes
would lead to several more industry firsts over the
course of the next several years.
This was only the beginning of Benchmade’s
breaking of new ground in the manufactured knife markets
by using non-traditional materials and modern manufacturing
methods in not only building knives
better but, inevitably building better knives.
The Designer Series was first introduced
in 1991 with several custom designs being manufactured.
By tapping into the custom knife makers’
knowledge and combining it with our manufacturing expertise
we were more readily able to offer more contemporary
knife designs and innovations to the
knife users.
Consecutive years of aggressive growth led to the next
logical step in 1996 when Benchmade moved
into its own 35,000 sq. ft. facility. A contemporary
styled building complete with all of the modern equipment
and amenities necessary to manufacture what has become
recognized as a higher standard of specialty cutlery.
Today, Benchmade Knife Company, Inc.
manufactures knives for a loyal and
ever growing following of knife users. As we move into
the 21st century we are poised for even more exciting
opportunities, innovations and ongoing total world-class
quality. Here at Benchmade we employ
a simple philosophy— "Make it cool, make it
solid, make it happen and definitely make it Benchmade." |
