Wehr Knives

I am the founder of Wehr Knives. I am from a small town in Alabama. I am married to my best friend, Shelby Wehrwein. We have 3 dogs, Allie, Luke, and Lucy. All my knife models are named after them. They have several nicknames, so I have several choices for knife model names! I’ve always had knives, but they were all cheap. I really started getting into them when I was introduced into the EDC community, May of 2017. I started a small collection from winning raffles. I started my Instagram account, @edc.alabama, and it went down hill from there. I modify and tinker with just about everything I’m interested in like, motorcycles, jeeps, guns, etc. I’ve always liked doing things myself. So when I started collecting, I started customizing my own knives. I kept doing it just for the fun of it. Over time, people started asking me to modify their knife. It become a way to fund a larger collection and allowed me to start collecting customs. I modified knives as a service for well over a year. I was tired of modifying knives. I wanted to go bigger. I wanted to make folders. I purchased all my tooling and equipment from modifying knives. My wife and I never used money from our day jobs to fund any machinery for knife making. I had a lot of help from some great guys in the knife community! In August of 2018, I started my first frame lock folding knife. I made my first knife (fixed blade) in May of 2018 with hand files and a jig I made with 2×4’s. I made 4 fixed blades before I started trying to make folders. My intentions were to make folders, so I wanted to spend all my time with learning how to make a frame lock. In April 2019, I was finally happy enough with my work to sell a frame lock. That is when the #1 Nugget and #1 Lukas were made! Fast forward to August 1st, 2020, my first day as a full time employee of Wehr Knives. I love making knives, creating something from nothing. I am so grateful for the opportunity to do this full time. I have the best support in the community and cannot thank you all enough. Thank you for truly make my dreams come true every single day. Matthew Wehrwein