Eric Glesser Quotes on Spyderco and Knives

Eric Glesser works at the knife company Spyderco which was founded by his mother Gail and father Sal Glesser. He creates knife designs like the Spyderco Manix and has a leadership role in the company. Spyderco is one of the leading knife manufacturers in the world and they continue to innovate with new designs, materials and manufacturing processes.

Knife industry leaders: Eric Glesser. Born United States of America. His father Sal Glesser founded the Spyderco knife company.

Eric Glesser Quotes

In our lightweights we’ll bring a very high performance steel like a 110V for example, and put it into a lightweight handle. This is going to give you a less expensive knife that’s going to perform very well, at a lower cost. Sometimes around the office we joke about, you know, we’re putting a Ferrari engine in a little inexpensive car, but that’s what you’re getting.
Eric Glesser

Usually the different factories and the different locations around the world have different skills and abilities. Some may be good at this, some may be good at something else, some may work with a material that others don’t. There’s no two factories that are created equal.
Eric Glesser

We’re certainly performance based. So we’re not just drawing pretty pictures. We’re using them.
Eric Glesser

We’re working on hundreds of different knives at any given time. The knife market is huge. It goes from little knives to big knives and all purposes in between.
Eric Glesser

In Japan they’re very good at back locks. We consider ourselves as making some of the best back locks in the world. For China they bring a tremendous value to the market if you can do it correctly. For Italy you can get materials, European materials, and they’re great at slip joints. And for America we have our capabilities. So there’s a lot of diversity in there.
Eric Glesser

Usually there’s a purpose in mind when we create most of the product.
Eric Glesser

We work for the consumer. So I have to be involved and listening and knowing what’s going on, because ultimately the customer is the boss. We have to be there to perform for them.
Eric Glesser

The knife industry is very old but it’s still being developed all the time. Everything you see on a knife was developed or invented by somebody.
Eric Glesser

For us it’s not the country of origin it’s the people. The people make all the difference.
Eric Glesser

We’re making a material (product) that saves lives and can be dangerous if used improperly or if it fails it can be dangerous, and so we take our product line very seriously for what we’re delivering.
Eric Glesser

We’re not just making pretty pictures and coming out with them. We’re still making reliable high performance with great quality and materials, good designs, good designers.
Eric Glesser

More on the American Knife Maker

Let us know what you think about Eric Glesser in the comments below. Do you own any Spyderco knives with the Eric maker’s stamp on it? They include some great Spyderco models like the Manix and Poliwog folding knives, along with the BaliYo which a balisong-like ballpoint pen.

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