Labeled by sportswriter B.R Hughes, as the “Father of the Modern Day Folding Knife,” Ron Lake has been making knives for nearly 50 years.

        In 1965 he set up a small workshop in his garage and started making knives as a hobby in his spare time after work. Ron’s first knives were mostly fixed blade hunting knives, crude by comparison to his work just a few years later, and in 1970 he designed and produced the first ever Tail-Lock “Interframe” folder. At that time, these design elements were recognized as major advancements in folding knives. Ron joined the knifemakers’ guild in 1971 and became a full-time maker the following year. His signature style knife was patented in 1974, and he was elected to the Cutlery Hall of Fame in 1998.

        Ron Lake’s knives have always displayed an exceptionally clean and minimal aesthetic with the utmost emphasis on craftsmanship and precision. There are Lake Interframe folders housed in the collections at the Smithsonian Museum and the Metal Museum in Memphis, TN. Ron has multiple patents & trademarks, has designed knives for companies including Coast Cutlery, CRKT and Schrade, has contributed information to articles in magazines and books, and freely gives advice to young knifemakers.