Manufacturer of S&W Knives

[colts4u]

Does anyone know who actually makes the S&W knives?

 

[BE Mike]

My newly purchased M&P spring assisted knife is made in Taiwan. The package says that it is made under license of Taylor Brands.

 

[growr]

depends on what vintage.....

 

[opoefc]

As said above, it depends on what age knife you are talking about, however for the last dozen years, or so, the major supplier of S&W knives is Taylor Cutlery, a USA distributor/manufacturer that imports most of their product from overseas, mainly China & Taiwan. Be aware, however, that if you are a serious S&W knife collector, many knives seen on the secondary discount markets with S&W logos, may not be S&W authorized knives. Taylor often submitted dozens of knives in various styles to S&W and the factory would pick a few for the factory catalog. The other designs would be returned to Taylor, who then sold them on the surplus knife market. Such knives are not considered true S&W authorized knives, however may be good knives for everyday use as knives, but not as collectables. Ed.

 

[turbo6]

I think Taylor Brands is the "official" supplier. While their knives are not exactly premium grade, they are a good value and are durable.

They stand by their warranty too. I picked up a S&W Borderguard 2 from Amazon and the lock failed a year later. Typically Taylor requests you to ship it to them and pay something like $6 for processing. They waived that free and I spent a few bucks to ship it to TN. A week later a new knife was sitting in my mailbox.

Good folks to deal with :thumbup:

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