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Offline dogwhisperer5

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Another Grand Old USA Knife Company Gone
« on: February 28, 2007, 06:13:39 AM »
"Foreign competition" wins out again!
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007 
 
Camillus Cutlery to close for good Wednesday
Camillus Cutlery Co., the oldest maker of folding knives in the country, will shut its doors for good Wednesday, according to a union official who works at the company.

About 35 people are employed by the company, which has dwindled from 200 employees a decade ago and more than 400 in the 1970s.

Management employees were told of the closing Monday afternoon, said Kathy Westcott, president of United Steelworkers Local 4783, which represents 16 employees at the plant. Westcott said managers told her the plant would close Wednesday.

The company was founded in 1876 in New York City by Adolph Kastor, who started by importing knives. In 1902, he acquired a small cutlery in the village of Camillus and began manufacturing knives there.

Camillus Cutlery weathered a six-month-long strike last year. Westcott said the company was crippled by competition from low-cost foreig
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Re: Another Grand Old USA Knife Company Gone
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2007, 05:20:55 PM »
Yeah,  I was  just coming over to post the news myself.  The only way the foreign competetion wins is if people buy their stuff over the same style( often better made) offered by an American Company, just to save a few bucks.  Anyone coming online to moan their passing might first count the number of American Made knives they own vs.  the number from China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Europe etc. before carrying on about it.
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Re: Another Grand Old USA Knife Company Gone
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2007, 06:03:19 PM »
As far as I know I don't have any foreign made ones. I think that over half of mine were made about ten miles from my house in Jacksonville, AL by Bear Cutlery. I go to their annual neighborhood sale each November and always seem to come home with several. I keep some and give the rest away as presents.
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Re: Another Grand Old USA Knife Company Gone
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2007, 09:40:30 PM »
Another sad day for American cutlery not to mention manufacturing....Damn....Maybe they'll find a new DOMESTIC home!
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Re: Another Grand Old USA Knife Company Gone
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2007, 02:35:13 AM »
Quote from: Joel on February 28, 2007, 05:20:55 PM
Yeah,  I was  just coming over to post the news myself.  The only way the foreign competetion wins is if people buy their stuff over the same style( often better made) offered by an American Company, just to save a few bucks.  Anyone coming online to moan their passing might first count the number of American Made knives they own vs.  the number from China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Europe etc. before carrying on about it.

I own a grand total of 0 foreign made knives, my "accumulation" being all Case.
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