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Permalink Reply by stephen tungate on May 12, 2011 at 21:04

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

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Permalink Reply by Billy Oneale on May 12, 2011 at 21:57

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.

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Permalink Reply by stephen tungate on May 16, 2011 at 11:13

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

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Permalink Reply by Billy Oneale on May 16, 2011 at 13:04

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.

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Permalink Reply by stephen tungate on May 16, 2011 at 14:05

you are right there are more than one company that was commissioned at different  times to make the official bsa knife.

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Permalink Reply by stephen tungate on May 16, 2011 at 15:18

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

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on May 16, 2011 at 17:53

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.

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Permalink Reply by Billy Oneale on May 16, 2011 at 21:48

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

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Permalink Reply by terrence ellington on August 31, 2011 at 19:43

In a word: no.

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