Krein, Tom

I have been fascinated with knives for as long as I can remember. I can’t remember a time that I didn’t have a knife… Growing up I usually had a slip joint of some kind in my pocket. As I got older I realized how useful a good knife was while playing in the woods, or fishing on the creek.
After seeing a copy of Blade magazine my sophomore year in high school I decided that I wanted to be a custom knife maker. After reading everything I could find on the subject I started making some fixed blades around 1993. A little later I got a chance to work for knife making legends Bob Dozier, and A.G. Russell. I currently work for myself and my three boys help in the shop.
Knives are some of man’s oldest tools. I feel the beauty of a knife is that it can be tool and weapon in one package. In my knives I feel that form should follow function. This doesn’t mean that a knife can’t be beautiful, just that its functionality shouldn’t be affected by aesthetics.
I continually strive to improve my knives and the methods I use to build them.
- MOLLE Clip lotBy: Dervish Knives (John Gonzalez), Emerson Knives, Krein, Tom, Steel Flame, USNDate Added: 08/29/19Price: $245.00
- 318 Proper Slipjoint - Tom Krein RegrindBy: Benchmade, Krein, TomDate Added: 04/26/19Price: $255.00
- Cayenne Necker - Scandi - TKI 2018By: Krein, TomDate Added: 11/23/18Price: $275.00 Sale Price: $247.00
- Cayenne Necker - Scandi - TKI 2018By: Krein, TomDate Added: 09/20/18Price: $225.00 Sale Price: $202.00
- Cayenne Necker - Scandi - TKI 2018By: Krein, TomDate Added: 08/23/18Price: $246.00 Sale Price: $221.00
- Cayenne Necker - Scandi - TKI 2018By: Krein, TomDate Added: 07/13/18Price: $260.00 Sale Price: $247.00
- Cayenne Necker - Scandi - TKI 2018By: Krein, TomDate Added: 06/22/18Price: $250.00 Sale Price: $202.00
- Cayenne Necker - Scandi - TKI 2018By: Krein, TomDate Added: 06/08/18Price: $270.00 Sale Price: $218.00
- Krein Regrind ZT900By: George, Les, Krein, Tom, Zero Tolerance KnivesDate Added: 05/21/18Price: $325.00 Sale Price: $275.00