OUTDOOR & UTILITY

Outdoor & Utility Product Manufacturing

Product development and manufacturing for fishing pliers, outdoor shovels and scissors.

Featured Products

Representative product areas, with configurations reviewed for each project.

Fishing Pliers

Configurations can combine gripping, hook removal, split-ring opening and line cutting.

Replaceable cutters, tethers and sheaths are available for suitable designs.

Outdoor Shovels

Folding and sectional shovels, with connections and locking arrangements selected for the intended use.

Scissors

Everyday, multipurpose and outdoor scissors.

Options include plain or serrated cutting edges, soft grips and take-apart construction.

Additional Products

Pry Bars

Pry bars in a range of formats, including larger sizes.

Nail Clippers

Individual nail clippers with gift-packaging options.

MATERIALS

Materials & Construction

Materials are selected by component and product design. Other grades can be reviewed on request.

Bodies & Structural Parts

Stainless steel · Aluminum alloy · Titanium alloy · Carbon steel · Zinc alloy

Cutting & Working Parts

Stainless steels · High-carbon tool steels · SK5 · 440A · Cr-Mo

Handles & Grips

Materials ABS · PVC · TPR

Construction Molded handles · Overmolded grips · Mixed-material handle construction

Connections & Hardware

Materials Stainless steel · Spring steel

Components Pivots · Springs · Fasteners · Locking components · Internal hardware

FROM COMPONENTS TO FINISHED PRODUCTS

Manufacturing Capabilities

Manufacturing methods vary by component and product design.

Our China and Vietnam facilities work with specialist suppliers to support the manufacturing requirements of each project. Explore Our Manufacturing Network →

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Metal Parts & Working Ends

CNC machining · Stamping & forming · Heat treatment · Grinding & sharpening · Serration grinding

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Handles & Grips

Injection molding · Overmolding

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Mechanisms & Assembly

Pivot & joint assembly · Folding & locking assembly · Final assembly & adjustment

FINISHES

Finishes & Marking

Finish options are selected for the base material, component, product design and required appearance.

Surface Finishes

Polishing · Blasting · Electropolishing · Black oxide

Coatings & Plating

Anodizing · Hard anodizing · Powder coating · Chrome plating · Electroless nickel · DLC coating

Marking

Laser marking — branding on suitable product surfaces

TESTING

Testing & Inspection

Checks are selected for the product and its intended use. Inspection points, test methods and sampling are defined for the project. Explore Our Quality System →

Fishing Pliers

Gripping and line-cutting checks.

Scissors

Cutting and repeated-operation checks.

Outdoor Shovels

Locking and load-bearing checks.

Corrosion Evaluation

Corrosion evaluation to customer-specified standards (e.g. ASTM B117 salt spray) for fishing and marine products.

START A PROJECT

Discuss Your Outdoor or Utility Product

Tell us the product type, intended use and features you need. We can advise on development, sampling and quotation.

After you approve the physical samples, we carry out a pilot production run and testing. Full-scale production begins only after the pilot run passes the required checks and receives your approval.

An NDA can be arranged before confidential project information is shared.