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Comment by peter force on September 19, 2013 at 2:26

@ craig.. I AGREE 100%!... histry and knives go hand and hand with me... im nuts.. even simple trades or simple sales... i will ask if a small note can be included ,sighed and all... i tried keeping the paper with the knives and it just looked like a mess.so i keep it in cabinet.alphabetized!

Comment by peter force on September 19, 2013 at 2:23

@ivarsday ... if you wanna have fun.. try and collect all the names of every CAMILLUS HARDWARE CONTRACT knife... let alone the knives themselves..

IVARS... you do know that most companies had other companies make their knives for them ?... this is why so many odd stamps and why sometime you will have some c0mapnies have 2 stamps both the company that is selling it and still the company that made it. this is also about money. WHY/.. well if the company is asking for a knife to be built that is actually better then what camillus normally makes they might want it drawn up that the CAMILLUS name is not to be on the knife at all. brass might be used where steel was and things like that... but then take "lesser" brands... CAMILLUS would make knives for them and maybe they would carry the CAMCO stamp but maybe CAMILLUS also might not want the knife that is being sold related to their name when it brakes or the fake mop they used starts to shrink.. they dont want folks looking down and seeing CAMILLUS or even CAMCO{they want them to see whatever company sold it to them}... CAMCO ..ended up handling a lot of the "promo" knives and ad knives...but they varied in how thy were made and some camco is stronger then others.

i even have a few knives that are ad knives and some prize/give away knives that have the ad or the company stamped on one blade and CAMCO on the other. not ad knives with CAMCO on tang..but ad knives with both the company on main blade and CAMCO on secondary.

Featured Comment by Craig Henry on September 18, 2013 at 16:46

I love the history behind the knife companies! Maybe because I love history in general....and I wish I could go back to a simpler time.

Comment by Phil Ladwig on September 17, 2013 at 0:46

I have found that one of the best things of knife collecting is learning the history. Thanks for sharing this photos.

Comment by Clay Strong on September 17, 2013 at 0:14

Great photos Craig. Those cutlers were a proud bunch.

Featured Comment by Craig Henry on September 17, 2013 at 0:06

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Featured Comment by Craig Henry on September 16, 2013 at 23:53

Comment by Clay Strong on September 16, 2013 at 22:53

Feel free to add my photos to your files or albums. The fine print on the last photo is Platts Brothers Cutlery Float Labor Day 1907

Comment by Clay Strong on September 16, 2013 at 22:48

Comment by Clay Strong on September 16, 2013 at 22:35

More from the  land of "little people".

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