How did you get involved in this business? Spyderco is a family-owned and -operated business run by Sal, Gail and Eric Glesser. The company was started in the late 1970s, selling knife sharpeners from ...

All this talk of knives got me to thinking. "Sure, all knives come plenty sharp from the factory, but what do you do when they get dull?" Just like small arms, I freely admit I am not a knife person.