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Here is an interesting little interview with an old knifemaker from the late 30s.
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.......William Dunbar, of Reynolds Bridge, a hale and hearty old gentleman who admits to "over eighty" but in astonishingly active is the last of the knifemakers remaining in his section. Commonly known as the "village," this little suburb is composed of two straggling rows of houses over the mile long road intersecting the main highways from Thomaston to Waterbury and Watertown. Built expressly for the English knifemakers who once worked in the old wooden factory in the heart of the village--long since abandoned and falling into decay--the little settlement is now occupied largely by poorer families attracted by the low rents. ....
...."was called the American Knife Company, and when it started I can't tell you. But I know it was begun by Pierpont and Morse. Squire Morse, he owned a clock shop down there on the site of the factory building, and it burned down. And afterwards he got together with Pierpont and started the knife factory.
"No, I don't think either one of them knew anything about knifemakin'. They were good businessmen. They hired the knifemakers and let 'em go, and I guess they made money. My father worked in Waterville and then came up here. No,
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Click on the link to go to the Library of Congress and read it in it's entirety
.......William Dunbar, of Reynolds Bridge, a hale and hearty old gentleman who admits to "over eighty" but in astonishingly active is the last of the knifemakers remaining in his section. Commonly known as the "village," this little suburb is composed of two straggling rows of houses over the mile long road intersecting the main highways from Thomaston to Waterbury and Watertown. Built expressly for the English knifemakers who once worked in the old wooden factory in the heart of the village--long since abandoned and falling into decay--the little settlement is now occupied largely by poorer families attracted by the low rents. ....
...."was called the American Knife Company, and when it started I can't tell you. But I know it was begun by Pierpont and Morse. Squire Morse, he owned a clock shop down there on the site of the factory building, and it burned down. And afterwards he got together with Pierpont and started the knife factory.
"No, I don't think either one of them knew anything about knifemakin'. They were good businessmen. They hired the knifemakers and let 'em go, and I guess they made money. My father worked in Waterville and then came up here. No,
Click here for Library of Congress article/interview
