Built to outlast you

In 2021 we were three engineers in Shenzhen, carrying knives and tools made for other people. They were close — but never quite right. Too heavy. Too plastic. Designed by committee. So we machined our own.

The first prototype was a 28-gram titanium pry bar. We carried it for two months. Then we made it for friends. Then we made it for strangers. Now we make twelve tools, each one shaped by what we actually use every day.

We work almost exclusively in Grade 5 titanium — Ti-6Al-4V, the aerospace-grade alloy. It's 45% lighter than steel for the same strength, won't rust, won't corrode, and develops a patina that reads as a personal record rather than a flaw.

For tools that touch food — flask, spork — we drop to Grade 2 commercially-pure titanium, which is softer but more biocompatible. We won't compromise that.

CNC gets us close. The last 5% — the way a flipper feels under your thumb, the click of a framelock, the weight of a flask in your back pocket — is done by people who carry the tools we make.

We sharpen every blade on Japanese water stones. We deburr every edge by hand. We test every action 200 times before a knife goes in a box. If you've ever bought a folder and thought 'this is almost there,' that gap is what we're closing.

Every Tikzer tool carries a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects. No registration card. No proof-of-purchase chase. If something goes wrong — pivot blows out, framelock fatigue, hardware fails — email us, send photos, we ship a replacement. Most claims are resolved inside two weeks.

The warranty doesn't cover normal wear, dropped knives, or the patina that builds when you actually carry the thing. That's the point.