Recoil is marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with a second installment on United States made knives, this time from Southwest shops stretching from Texas to California. Spyderco launched in Golden Colorado in 1976, Dawson Knives began in Texas in 1973 and relocated to Prescott Arizona in 2023, and Knives of Alaska builds in a former parachute plant in Denison Texas after a 1992 Alaska start. Featured designs also come from Tracker Dan, Emerson in Torrance California, Tactile Knife Co, and Auxiliary Manufacturing in Reno Nevada.