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do you guys think that bear and sons is up with the quialty as the other top brands such as case ;great eastern;queen;and others'what is you alls take on that??

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billy it looks you have some very good bear &sons knives i would own one of those in a minute ...

I'm not sure, Toby. I'm in the collector club and all the corespondence goes to Madison, NC. There are only about 4 or 5 distributors. SMKW and Red Hills Cutlery are the main 2 I know of. I'm sure Blue Ridge Cutlery is also one. That is a very good question. I would sure like to know if someone has the answer.

remington is the official bsa maker. the pattern for the original bsa knife was created in 1923 the rs3333 it is made with origianal tooling from the bridgeport connecticut factory and made as it was from 1923 to 1940
I don't think there is only one official BSA knife maker. There are several companies making them. I have seen some made by Case. The New York Knife Company actually produced the first official BSA knive in 1911. Their first two models were NEW2CB  BSA#1005 and NEWC4A #1004. I found this at ScoutKnives.Net It has listing for most of the makers and production dates.
you are right there are more than one company that was commissioned at different  times to make the official bsa knife.
camillus made the bsa knife for many years it was a very sad day for all when they closed their doors in 2007 it had run sense 1876 the good thing is that the tools they used to make bsa all those years was saved&now bear &sons still use them today to make the knifes like they always was.the knife is made 115 hand operations and is marked with the same design as it was in 1940

Stephen. 

I am impressed that they went with the older equipment.  One of the things I enjoy about GEC is that the factory uses equipment and many processes from those days also.  117 hand operation  steps on a pocket knife.  Nice to know Bear and Sons is keeping to the traditions also.

I believe the tooling was handed over to Camillus from Remington. Remington quit making knives during World War II so they could concentrate on arms. It is good to know the tooling is still in use today.

stephen tungate said:
camillus made the bsa knife for many years it was a very sad day for all when they closed their doors in 2007 it had run sense 1876 the good thing is that the tools they used to make bsa all those years was saved&now bear &sons still use them today to make the knifes like they always was.the knife is made 115 hand operations and is marked with the same design as it was in 1940
In a word: no.

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