waverly iowa products cutlery & kitchen utensils services fundraising independent sales personal sales slogan a cut above the rest website 1 rada mfg. co. is a manufacturer located in waverly iowa and is the maker of rada cutlery . the company has been manufacturing 100 % american made cutlery since being founded in 1948 . they are famous for their solid aluminum handles on their cutlery and for their aid to fundraisers . history edit rada cutlery was first produced shortly after world war ii . surplus military knife blades were available at a fraction of their value . the process for casting aluminum handles was developed . the availability of surplus blades was brief and were soon replaced by the high quality surgical grade stainless steel blades still used today . like many upstart manufacturers of the time rada mfg. co. utilized various buildings to meet their needs . one of the locations was a fortified military radar base used to monitor air space during the cold war . in 1986 the manufacturing operations moved to the current facility . there have been three additions to accommodate customer demand . notes edit great made in america christmas gifts . radacutlery.com . retrieved 26 january 2012 . rada manufacturing in waverly iowa . retrieved 14 march 2013 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rada manufacturing & oldid 730468126 categories companies established in 1948kitchenware brandsdirect sales companiescompanies based in iowa navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 july 2016 at 05 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view