Columbia River Knife & Tool® (CRKT®) is exceptionally proud to introduce the leading knifemakers, inventors and industrial designers who work with us in product development. They are among the most respected craftsmen and artists in our industry. We work to carry out their creative and innovative designs to the highest quality standards possible, enabling you to own, use, and collect innovative production knives and tools, many of which approach the quality of custom products. You’ll see most of our designer friends at the CRKT booths at major trade shows. We invite you to meet them, ask questions and exchange ideas. They take great pride in their custom and CRKT production work, and they look forward to visiting with you. Thanks to them, there is a remarkable range of designs in this catalog, with many more to follow in the future. We strive to offer the best-built affordable production knives and tools in the industry. We hope you agree that we are meeting that goal. Here’s an introduction to our growing lineup of designer friends.

The Crawfords

Ed Halligan

JIm Hammond

Kit Carson

Brian Tighe

Ron Lake

Russ Kommer

James Williams

Ed Van Hoy

Michael Walker

Barry Gallagher

Allen Elishewitz

A.G. Russell

Aaron Frederick

James Williams

Michael Martinez

Launce Barber

Tom Veff

James McGowan

Tom Krein

George Matheis

The Grahams

Boyd Ashworth

Tom Stokes