Our great grandfather Charlie Cochran ran a blacksmith shop in Antlers, Oklahoma in 1940. That's where it all began — forging knives by hand with fire and steel.
Charlie moved his family to Sweet Home, Oregon and the tradition came with them. His son Foy founded Cochran Knives in 1975 and spent 50 years selling knives to hunters across the Pacific Northwest.
Today Mike and Zac carry that work forward. Foy is 89 and still with us. Our kids — the 5th generation — are already in the shop.
We still have Charlie's knives — the ones he made in that blacksmith shop over 80 years ago. That's what a real knife looks like: still here, still sharp, still in the family.
Five generations of hunters pursuing big game across the Pacific Northwest — elk, mule deer, blacktail, bear, and more — with both bow and rifle. We have logged more miles in elk country than most hunters will in a lifetime. Every feature on every Cochran knife exists because we needed it in the field.
The For-Life Promise
That's what For-Life means to us. It's not a marketing line. It's a commitment we make to every person who buys a Cochran knife.
Once you buy a knife from us you're on the bus. We'll sharpen every knife you own — free — and ship it back to you. Forever.
We recently repaired a knife that burned in a house fire. Free of charge. That's the promise.
