Frost Cutlery

Jim Frost began collecting pocket knives in 1969 while he was working as an everyday shift worker at a chemical plant.
What started as a hobby became a new career in 1972 with the founding of Frost Distributing, and in few years Frost partnered with the biggest figure in the pocketknife world, James F. Parker, who happened to attend the same church. Though Parker-Frost Cutlery was short-lived (1976-1978) it left its mark on the knife world; Parker moved on to great things with Parker Eagle Brand Cutlery and Frost launched Frost Cutlery. The rest, as they say, is history. Frost Cutlery grew into a multi-million dollar business with well over a hundred employees, its headquarters located within sight of Interstate 75 in Ooltewah, Tennessee, just north of Chattanooga. Jim retired from the business in 2014.