Wisconsin Knife Works, Inc.

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Wisconsin Knife Works is the leader in tooling and production ideas as well as precision manufacturing of woodworking cutting tools. "Engineers to the Woodworking Industry" is not as much a slogan at WKW as it is a hard earned tradition. Our company was founded in Clinton, Wisconsin in 1926 to provide tooling for wood products used in the automotive industry. This included woodcutting knives and cutterheads. The company grew and relocated to Beloit, Wisconsin in 1928. The product offering included tooling for use in the manufacturing of furniture, millwork, toys and other wood items.

1995 WISCONSIN KNIFE WORKS moved into a new manufacturing/corporate headquarters located in a new industrial park. From here we service many of the woodcutting tooling requirements of the secondary woodworking industries with products which include knives, router-bits, fingerjoint cutters, saw blades, milled-to-pattern bits and standard and custom cutterheads. 2001 - WKW introduces M-3 as an addition to its premium line of knife steel. Also during 2001 Wisconsin Knife Works expands its Quick Delivery cutterhead program.

For over 80 years, Wisconsin Knife Works industrial products have been available through an extensive distributor network.

In 1928 and 1929 Wisconsin Knife Works received U.S. Patents for the fingerjoint cutterhead. Today, WKW continues its leadership in the woodworking industry that the industry has grown to expect from a tooling manufacturer. Finger joint cutters can be made from M-2 or D-2 high-speed steel. In addition, WKW manufactures carbide-tipped and solid carbide finger joint cutters, as well as the exclusive Opti-treated fingerjoint cutters.

Wisconsin Knife Works uses the best raw material to produce premium knife steel, but WKW also adds 80 years of engineering expertise and manufacturing experience. You can count on WKW knife steel to provide consistent hardness for easy grinding, superior edges for long runs and uniform thickness for improved balance and reduced set-up time. Knives include M-2 High Speed Steel, AKM Tool Steel, Karbo Krome™ D-2, Opti™ and the Bak-Pak™ Carbide Knife System.

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