The IKTHF is made up of the finest knife and axe throwers in the USA who have sanctioned competitions all over the country. In 2006 Arlan was inducted into the International Knife Throwers Hall of Fame for �?out standing design�?. Most of his designs come from practical experience and 35 years of creative endeavors. There were only 25 such awards given that year, selected from over 250,000 items on display.Īrlan is an avid hunter, outdoorsman, wood worker, gourmet chef and a knife and axe thrower. In 2000 Arlan was awarded two �?Retailers�? Choice Awards�? for two of his FireStone axe designs at the National Hardware Show in Chicago. He has also done shows for QVC in the UK and Germany. In 1995 Arlan and his client were awarded the �?Best New Product from the State of Minnesota�? from QVC and he went on to do over 120 live shows selling his Slices Perfect Kitchen Slicing System. Arlan supports his knife and tool design work with a collection of over 3,000 knives, over 300 axes and a library of hundreds of knife and tool books and antique catalogs from around the world.Ī most notable project was his design of the Miracle Blade 3 knives as seen on TV, with Chef Tony, which turned out to be the best selling knife line in the history of direct response television. Over the years Arlan has designed for and consulted with many nationally known firms, including Chicago Cutlery, Camillus Knife, Fiskars, Gerber, Wusthof Trident, Warner Manufacturing Company, Woodworker�?s Supply, Outers Laboratories, Condor Tool & Knife, Inc and many others. in 1988 as a design, new product development and marketing consulting company that specializes in knives, hand tools and kitchen items. CTK offers a unique line of high quality, superbly designed machetes, axes, knives, survival and camp tools for the outdoor enthusiast.The man behind the Condor Tool & Knife designs:Īrlan started A. In 2004, Imcasa developed a first quality line of tools and knives for the North American and European outdoor markets. Today, Imcasa is one of the largest machete and shovel manufacturers in the world operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to fill an increasing worldwide demand for its products. Imcasa’s Central American operations were sold in the 1980’s to local investors. Today, the factory is turning out the finest quality machetes, knives, axes, shovels and other hand tools. In 1964, the company formed Imcasa with a new plant in Santa Ana, El Salvador, filling it with state of the art German equipment and sending some of their local employees to Solingen for extensive training.
Over the generations, the world’s largest manufacturer of swords and knives found it necessary to expand operations to other countries to better serve its customers. The quality of the swords, military knives, agricultural tools and household cutlery they manufactured made Solingen the cutlery capital of the world. Weyesberg Company was founded in Solingen, Germany. Condor Tool & Knife traces its proud history back to 1787, the year Gebr.