McNees Knives is what happens when a Marine veteran turned full-time knife maker refuses to let production scale kill custom quality. Jonathan McNees machines every model in his Alabama family shop, running small batches with deep hollow grinds, premium CPM steels, and finish work that holds up next to knives costing twice as much. In a market dominated by mass production, McNees custom knives still feel personal, and that is exactly why they sell out run after run.
Want it straight from the maker? Watch our Shop Talk with Jonathan McNees from Blade Show 2026, covering the Little Dixon and Fowl Play.
The folder catalog is built on titanium frame locks and CPM MagnaCut. The PM Mac 2 is the everyday workhorse, offered in 3 and 3.5 inch sizes with Gen 2 refinements and a rotating cast of milled patterns and inlays. The full-size Dixon is the statement piece of the lineup, a 3.75 inch flagship that collectors chase drop after drop, while the 3.25 inch Little Dixon brings the same design language down to daily carry trim. Where MagnaCut sits among modern blade steels is covered in our guide to every major knife steel.
The FX line carries the same Alabama machining into the field. McNees fixed blades cover hunting, utility, and bird and trout work through the Ridge Runner, Stalker, Agent, Ringed Agent, and Fowl Play, running serious steels like CPM 3V, S90V, and MagnaCut under G-10 and Micarta scales.
Every production McNees traces back to Jonathan's custom bench. Designs are proven as one-off customs first, then adapted to small batch machining without losing the geometry that made them work, which is why the hollow grinds slice the way they do and the lockup feels hand fitted. Runs are limited by design, released in flash drops, and rarely sit in stock long. If you like to fine tune your carry, Lynch Northwest clips for McNees bolt straight onto the Mac platform.
As an authorized McNees dealer, we stock the full spread, from PM Mac 2 drops to Dixon runs to FX fixed blades, backed by guaranteed authentic product, free fast shipping that often goes out same day, and reward points on every purchase. When a McNees run lands here, it is first come, first served.