Hello, to all of the members of Bladeforums. I was emailed this thread and thought that I would respond with the FACTS.
The real story about Marble's is this.
We have
never gone out of business.
The right to solely the name "Marble's" was never purchased by anyone. The entire company, in viable working order, was purchased by Craig Lauerman six years ago, from the previous owner, Don Calouhette. The only reason that Don sold it was because he was retiring.
Knife production
never came to a complete stop. You could always get knives custom made to order between 1977 and 1997. This fact was never advertised, so many people don't know this. In 1997 we began, once again, an initial full production of knives, using the vintage parts from years ago. This "Expert" model knife proved so popular that it cleared the way for the introduction of all of our newer models, such as the Woodcraft 98, the Fieldcraft, the newly revamped Trailmaker and the Campcraft 2000, just to name a few.
We've never made knives in Japan. There are not genuine Marble's knives manufactured by Tak Fakuta. There were no folders made in the 1980s or 1990s.
Marble's is alive and well and has been alive continuously for the past 102 years. We have recently had the highest sales year in the company's history. We have skilled craftsman that pump out some of the best product in the production knife industry, as well as make sights for most of the major American firarms companies. We offer FREE clean up and refurbishing of old Marble's products, as well as doing appraisals of your old items. So, if you have grandpa's old 8" Ideal sitting around that has seen better days, send it in and we'll fix it right up.
If anyone wants to talk more of the facts I listed above, please feel free to call me at (906) 428-3710 or write me at:
Marble Arms
420 Industrial Park
Gladstone, MI 49837
Attn: Jason Stewart: National Sales Manager
Thank you for your time, in advance and I appreciate Bladeforums and Mr. Levine allowing me to post this. Please visit the Marble Arms forum on
http://www.knifeforums.com
Jason Stewart
National Sales Manager
Marble Arms
