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FOX knives - How many brands have there been?

I have found myself looking at various models of Fox Knives. My searching has brought up a few more companies that I was a little surprised to see.

The 'modern' and probably best recently known brand has the following 'logo'. I think this has been in business since 1977.

There is another brand Black Fox: I am not sure if this is a stand alone company, or a division of Fox Knives (above). I have also seen it in association to Boker.

I have also very recently seen:

'Rostfrei' is German, and I believe it is a generic term for stainless steel. From what I have learned so far, it is basically the equivalent of 440A or maybe 440B. Decent, but not 'good'; and reasonably priced. Obviously more popular in Europe than the states. The FOX is all block letters. I have found a few knives like this, but cannot find much information about them or the company. Is this an early stamp of the Fox Knives company above? I really do not know. I cannot find anything either way on it.

Can anyone shed some additional light on this?

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Hibar on July 26, 2025 at 8:20

Kevin ...

Black Fox is indeed a product line of Fox Knives in Maniago. The line primarily consists of outdoor use knives. While they are designed by Fox knives, they are made in China, not Maniago.

Permalink Reply by Kevin D on July 28, 2025 at 5:04

Excellent information Dennis. Thank you.

Has anyone ever seen that other all caps and block letter 'fox'? I have seen that name on a few knives, but the top view of the turning fox only on one. I am clueless what the story is behind it.

FeaturedPermalink Reply by dead_left_knife_guy on Saturday

Kevin, this is a great summation of the question as far as I approach it as well, though admittedly I've done very little actual research on the matter over the years (despite being a bit of a fan of Fox knives basically since I really got into knives almost 2 decades ago now)...

And thank you, Dennis, for confirming that BlackFox is indeed a subsidiary of Fox Italy (I just think of BlackFox as Fox's budget line, which, at those prices, Fox could definitely handle having).

Oh, & yes, "Rostfrei" literally translates to "rust-free," aka, "stainless".

I first noticed Fox back when I seriously got into knives because of some really cool - if pricey - tactical knives (along with the even more expensive Italian brand Extrema Ratio). I've slowly added a few to my collection over the years (but am always a little hesitant due to being wary of small handles on knives, especially fixed blades -- I've never encountered an overly small handle on a Fox knife, but they're pretty spendy, & small handles are what caused me to put a pause on purchasing any more TOPS knives for now).

Speaking of, one of my favorite acquisitions in my collection is a TOPS Mil-SPIE 3.5 folder -- which I purchased from someone really cool but I'm not really at liberty to say who -- and which was manufactured by Fox.

And then there's the TOPS Magnum CQT 747, also made by Fox, another fave! (I only have an image of this one that's simply too large to include in this post.)

And then there's the Fox folding karambits! I picked up this special little one when I stumbled across it, several years ago now... Fox 479 in Neptune Kryptek G10 scales: