Due to an expanding market, the facilities were moved to a larger production site in 2003 located in Tualatin, Oregon.

[4] On 28 December 1998, the USPTO granted and published U.S. patent 6,006,385 for inventors Peter G. Kershaw, Douglas B. Flagg, Craig Green and Katsumi Hasegawa.

[citation needed] Kershaw has collaborated with custom knife makers including Hall of Fame knife maker Ken Onion on Kershaw's SpeedSafe knives,[14][15] Ernest Emerson, Grant and Gavin Hawk, Frank Centofante, Rick Hinderer and RJ Martin.

[16] In the television show Person of Interest, the character John Reece (played by Jim Caviezel) is frequently seen using a Kershaw Blur.

[17] In the television series NCIS, the character Leroy Jethro Gibbs (played by Mark Harmon) is seen frequently using a Zero Tolerance ZT0301 with Tiger Stripes.