A new run of U.S. made pocket knives! Will this company's branding mis-step cost them? Weed & Co.

After an exciting introduction email by C. Risner Cutlery, I was excited to see that the old Queen Cutlery factory equipment will soon be back in action making U.S. production pocket knives again, after being bought by Cooper Cutlery of Winchester, Ohio.
This run of Weed & Co. knives borrow the name of the vintage hardware store based in Buffalo, NY from days of yesteryear.

I have a red jigged bone trapper to share with you, and we will compare it to a Chinese production Kissing Crane in the same pattern.

Either way, if you are a fan of traditional pocket knives, the thought of new U.S. made Schatt and Morgan knives on the market is compelling. I had no idea that this run of Weed & Co. knives would be so divisive. Where do you weigh in on the issue?

#Weed
#traditionalpocketknives
#trapper

0:00 Introduction and History
3:12 Skip to the Knife

[c.risnercutlery]

Great video and I appreciate the shoutout! As many have already commented, it is a marijuana leaf on this run of Weed&Co knives. I look forward to better quality from Cooper Cutlery when they begin producing the Schatt&Morgan Cutlery line.

[rong.]

Okay, I'm probably in a small sub-set of knife enthusiasts, but I'm a big fan of Canadians and Maple Syrup--I bought one mostly for the leaf.

[larrymarkowitz]

If you think the “weed” sign is problematic, just wait for the “schatt” emblem.

[MrBarlow]

People relax, he does not actually think it’s a maple leaf. “I’m okay with the Canadians” and “I don’t enjoy maple syrup myself” 100% referring to weed. Mentioning weed, alcohol, or Tabacco can limit your suggested videos by YouTube. Good video man!

[kirbycreekmo]

I was not aware of this company so thank you for giving them attention. Hopefully we will see another American Knife company find success in the marketplace.

[nitrorclife]

I gave up on GEC as their production is inadequate to the demand, and seems maybe purposeful to drive up demand, I said seems, not definitely so. Either way I don't even bother and that leaves another drooling sap to hunt for them. In my day in age, I'm not hunting for any pattern I can find available. I want a particular pattern/knife, I order it, not available I move on to next brand.

[Rancherinaz]

I think it’s kinda crafty using the leaf with the Weed brand name . I wish I’d bought one last year when there was the cover material that I wanted still available . Even being a little rough around the edges, I’d feel like I’m helping get the company off the ground and on to reviving another American made slippy . Hopefully the effort here doesn’t go down in flames .

[bmoviebmovie]

With a maker's name of "Weed & Co." am I the only one seeing a marijuana leaf instead of a Canadian maple leaf.

[hailbaphomet]

Wait until the people who have a problem with the shield learn about alcohol and tobacco referencing zippos. Oh wait nevermind those are the socially accepted drugs 🤦‍♂️. I wish we could all be adults about it and just enjoy some maple syrup.

[dionpage]

I love maple syrup&think the leaf is a killer shield.

[jeffersondavis]

Had no idea there were so many stiff necks around. Great looking knife .

[pop]

I would hope they evolve into the quality queen and especially Schatt&Morgan were known for.

[renaissanceman]

You know I love traditional pocket knives a lot. I have many GECs (favorite), case knives, rough Ryder’s, Boker, and I was excited to hear about the weed & co. Being made with Schatt Morgan equipment, but taking one look at that shield turned me off forever :/
Maybe it’s shallow, but hey I love traditional knives in every way that means. Hence love for GEC. I thought it was a weed leaf… I guess I was very uninformed. It looks nothing like a maple leaf. Anyway just because of the shield I was never going to consider buying these Weed & co. Knives… But now that I know it’s a maple leaf I’ll reconsider and keep my eye open for different shields.
Anyway- just a perspective from another traditional pocket knife lover.

[lanedexter]

If I had any pothead friends and wanted a gift, I’d order that Weed & Co. knife.

[michaelbeams]

" Weed " Bone " Handle "Joint " it's model #
I detect a theme here . Please don't tell me the edge was " Rolled ".

[skcamerican]

Hmmm. I’m glad to see another maker of trad knives. But I think they should have waited to release any knives until the quality was better. I’m a traditional knife fan and okay with the leaf shield, but not impressed so far.

[cedricradue-xccf]

Is it possible to include a window of technical details including price plus r/c hardness, , it would step up a great review thanks.

[BloodGrooveKnives]

Just bought the last green jigged bone Hunter at SMKW. I don’t smoke, and think the shield is a disgrace to Mr. Weed, but wanted to get their first production model as a start of a potential Schatt & Morgan collection.

[lanedexter]

The Weed & Co. logo is printed on the main blade, so you see that and the marijuana leaf shield together when the knife is open. I am a bit surprised it’s not also labeled “Model 420” at the base of the blade.🙄

[BladeBanter]

Thanks for the information and the information on the maple leaf. With Weed and Company I figured it was was a smoke shop "Weed" leaf