PLAIN TWP. Rick Hinderer makes knives.
He started with art knives in the 1980s then transitioned to tactical tools. State law now allows him to manufacture switchblades, spring-assisted and gravity knives.
Senate Bill 140, a knife law reform bill advocated by the grassroots knife owner organization Knife Rights, took effect Monday and eliminated “the prohibition against manufacturing, possessing for sale, selling, or furnishing certain weapons other than firearms or dangerous ordnance.”
On Tuesday, Hinderer hosted a factory tour at his Shreve-area business Hinderer Knives to celebrate the bill’s passage. Attendees included Knife Rights Founder and Chair Doug Ritter and Director of Legislative Affairs Todd Rathner, state Sen. Kristina Roegner (R-Hudson) and state Rep. Scott Wiggam (R-Wooster).