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Columbia River Knives

Columbia River Knife & Tool (CRKT) is a Wilsonville, Oregon-based manufacturer of quality work tools founded in 1994. Company President Rod Bremer and Paul Gillespie, now retired, were founders of the company.

“We began with the vision of offering top quality knives at affordable prices to give the highest possible value,” said Gillespie. “Fortunately, because we were starting with a blank sheet of paper, we could make the new designs we wanted from the optimum materials, using the latest high tech manufacturing processes, including CNC machining, injection molding and fine blanking.” CRKT is probably best known for its K.I.S.S. series, the original two-piece money clip knives designed by Ed Halligan, and its M16 series, designed by Kit Carson. “We recognized them as successful custom designs which deserved to be put into production to reach a wider audience. Our collaborations with custom knifemakers have been good for us, good for the knifemakers, and especially good for consumers.”

All CRKT knives are built incorporating the most advanced equipment and production systems available, and quality is controlled from beginning to end. Knives are built the way they should be built without compromising quality in any part of their creation. CRKT accessories are crafted to the same standards as the knives, so that each sheath, for example, lives up to the customers’ high expectations.