Mighty Sharp Competitors

Founded in 1983, Grizzly Industrial, Inc. is a national retail, mail order and Internet company in the U.S.A. providing high quality woodworking and metalworking machinery and accessories. We have over 750,000 square feet of space at our two large distribution centers and showrooms located Bellingham, WA and Springfield, MO to facilitate fast and economical shipping. We also have offices in Taiwan and China with our own quality control engineers that oversee the production of our equipment. Each of our facilities has a regional service center with a complete machine shop and trained technicians to help in after-service. Our machines have won numerous awards for quality and value. With an intense focus on providing excellent customer service and products that will last a long time, our goal has always been to sell the best quality products at the best price. We do not have a dealership network and sell our products directly to the end users. There are no middlemen. As a company, we value employees with a strong work ethic who desire excellence in the service they provide and their work. We promote a corporate structure that is professional, collaborative, fast-paced and organized. We place a strong value on respect and integrity and promote a positive environment where employees are committed, energetic, helpful, cooperative, courteous and productive. As an organization we focus on getting results, and in order to achieve results we remain focused on teamwork, maintaining high standards, and taking complete ownership of our work.

Spyderco, Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-performance folding knives, fixed blades, and sharpeners. Founded in 1976, we initially focused on innovative systems that sharpened all cutting tools, including knives with serrated blades. In 1981, we expanded our scope and literally redefined the form of the modern folding knife by incorporating one-handed opening via our iconic Trademark Round Hole™, convenient top-of-the-pocket carry with a pocket clip, and the aggressive cutting power of a serrated edge. As Spyderco grew, so did our list of industry-changing accomplishments. In the late 1980s, our iconic Police™ model set the standard in law enforcement cutting tools. In the 1990s, our Endura® and Delica® helped pioneer lightweight injection-molded knife handles. We were also the first to partner with noted custom knifemakers in our groundbreaking collaborative designs and established our U.S. factory in Golden, Colorado. Along the way, we earned scores of utility and design patents and many prestigious awards from the knife industry. Our product line now includes more than 200 folding, fixed-blade, and kitchen knives and a complete selection of sharpeners. Spyderco’s manufacturing network includes a factory at our U.S. headquarters in Golden, Colorado, as well as resources in Japan, Taiwan, Italy, and China, all of which maintain the same exacting attention to detail and commitment to excellence that made our first knives distinctively different. Our worldwide distribution includes dealers and distributors in more than 60 countries. We serve the needs of the military, law enforcement, and first responders through our Government Services Administration (GSA) contract. We also support active uniformed personnel and military veterans through our OpFocus® professional purchase program. Every Spyderco product is backed by a limited warranty and our relentless commitment to providing reliable high performance in all our products.

Smith’s was founded in 1886 and is in the Sporting & Housewares industries with its key founding product being sharpeners & Arkansas stone abrasives. Office is in Nashville, TN and the company is the market leader in sharpening and has the broadest line of knife and scissors sharpeners available for Sporting, Camping, Fishing & Home plus expanded manual & electric overall housewares products & our new Sporting Survival Tool line which includes knives, fire starters, LED lights for outdoors, sharpeners & tools. Our products can be found nationwide and internationally in major sporting goods retailers, national home improvement warehouses, mass retailers, dept stores & specialty gourmet retailers. We have also added a new line of Made in USA products manufactured in our Hot Springs, Arkansas Operations & DC facility. Smith’s is a privately owned company with a board of directors focused on strategic long term growth, marketshare expansion & brand building and our culture is to win & grow as a team via our employees in all functions & our strategic retail partners.