Charlie moved his family to Sweet Home Oregon and the tradition came with them. His son Foy Cochran became a second generation knife maker. In 1975 Foy founded Cochran Knives and spent the next 50 years selling knives to hunters outdoorsmen and families across the Pacific Northwest. Foy is 89 years old and still with us today.

Mike Cochran — Foy's son — grew up around knives his entire life. A lifelong hunter and outdoorsman Mike became the third generation of the family to carry the knife making tradition. His son Zac joined him and together they founded Cochran Knife Company — building on everything Foy built while bringing new energy new designs and a new generation of hunters to the craft. Between the two of them Mike and Zac have spent decades pursuing big game across the Pacific Northwest and beyond — elk mule deer blacktail bear cougar antelope and turkey — with both bow and rifle. They have logged more miles in elk country than most hunters will in a lifetime. Every design decision they make comes from that experience. These are not knives designed at a desk. They are knives designed in the field by people who are still out there every season.