New West KnifeWorks
Colorful high-performance knives from a self-funded Wyoming maker.
Status: Approved
- Founded
- 1997
- Website
- newwestknifeworks.com
- HQ
- USA
- Manufacturing
- USA
- Ownership type
- Founder-owned
- Status since
- 2026-07-13
Ownership
Founder Corey Milligan, self-funded and privately owned; own factory in Victor Idaho since 2015, about 25 knifemakers.
Why Approved
Founder-owned with its own US factory for nearly three decades.
Reversibility
What would change our verdict
A sale to outside capital or offshoring.
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