W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery
- Headquarters
- Bradford, PA
- Manufacturing
- Bradford, PA
- Categories
- sports-and-outdoors
W.R. Case & Sons has made pocket knives in Bradford, Pennsylvania since 1905, and the Case family was fashioning knives in upstate New York from 1889. Zippo, which is also based in Bradford, has owned the company since 1993. The current plant, Case’s third in Bradford, was built in 1975 and renovated for about $10 million in 2014–15. Members of the Case Collectors Club can book a tour of it.
The mark comes from Case’s own wording. Almost every knife in the catalogue carries the same sentence, “Made in Bradford, PA, USA from domestic and imported materials.” That places the making in Bradford and says plainly that some materials come from abroad, without saying which. Case’s own history page names Brazilian cattle bone among its handle materials. A qualified claim like that is the second mark, so the whole knife range sits there.
The traditional patterns are the ones listed below: trappers, stockmen and Sod Busters in yellow synthetic, bone and stag. The same shop also sells shirts, hats, sheaths and some sharpeners, and most of those carry no origin line at all. They are not what this record is about.
The record
The company's knives are made in Bradford, Pennsylvania, from domestic and imported materials
“Made in Bradford, PA, USA from domestic and imported materials.”
caseknives.comRetrieved
The company traces its knife-making to 1889 and is based in Bradford, Pennsylvania
“The company’s rich history began in 1889 when four brothers - William Russell (W.R.), Jean, John, and Andrew Case (a.k.a. “The Case Brothers”) began fashioning knives and selling them along a wagon trail in upstate New York.”
kb.caseknives.comRetrieved
A 2014 company release put its factory in Bradford, its third there since 1905, and recorded a $10 million renovation
“The company's current location is its third manufacturing facility in Bradford since 1905.”
prnewswire.comRetrieved
Club members can tour the working factory in Bradford
“As a Case Collectors Club® member, you and up to 5 guests can take a tour of the Case factory located in Bradford, Pennsylvania.”
caseknives.comRetrieved
Domain record
caseknives.com was registered on .It dates the domain, not the business: a maker that moved to a new address reads young here, and an old domain says nothing about who holds it now.
RDAP registry record · checked 19 Sep 2026
Products
Where to buyPeach Seed Jig Amber Bone Trapper (00164)
Where to buyYellow Synthetic Sod Buster® Jr (80032)
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