Road Trip to Canal Street Cutlery and Wawarsing Knife Museum (added museum pics)

Wow, I started out collecting Schrade knives and love history so I read all about it and found out they did a lot for the communities they were in. The history lead me all over the place from Napanoch to Canal Street.
If this does not turn in to a sticky then it will be one of my favorite bookmarks.
Thanks for sharing all of it !!!
 
Wow Glenn,
What a road trip - with a few mates to the land of CS, Thank you so much for taking us through with you! It was as if we were on a guided tour!!
 
Thank you so much for this thread Glenn, what an incredible collection :thumbup:
 
Thank you for the great write up and photos and for the trouble posting them. It is obvious you had great time and a lot of fun :thumbup:

Mike
 
Just astounding! I didn't know the Wawarsing museum had opened. I also didn't know there was a Schrade still making knives! Hello William!
I have a pretty respectable collection of knives with your name on them!:D
 
Hey Charlie, I just noticed that we were a post apart when you replied! :D

 
Thanks guys, it was my pleasure sharing!
 
With the turn of recent events, I thought it might be fitting to bring this thread back up. It is not my intention to add to the pain of those directly affected by the closing, more to pay homage and respect to such a great company. They put out many fine knives, of which I own a handful of examples, that I am even more thankful that I have them now. Perhaps if a few more knives had been made and purchased, who knows?

I semi-joked at the time in my narrative that this visit was a mini-bucket list item for me. However, it means even more to me now given what has transpired. It probably sounds corny, but I will always remember that day, even if it was just a brief glimpse into the inner workings of the hobby we love so much. It truly was an honor and privilege to meet Eric, Wally, and some of the other employees at CSC, and overall just hang out with knife-minded people.

I invite you to go back and look at the pictures, even if you have already looked at them before. Also, feel free to add whatever comments you would like to in this thread.

Glenn
 
Very fitting Glenn, thank you for bringing this thread back. Without it I wouldn't have read through this thread and see the documentation of your adventure.
Even with the bittersweet closing of CSC I'm glad I was able to peruse the photos you took and 'see' the inner workings of CSC one time.
 
I visited CSC in 2014 with my son. We were given a tour even though there were only two of us. I'm happy I was able to show my son where and how the knife he was holding was made.
 
Thanks Glenn for enabling us to revisit CSC with you on your tour. Due to recent events this pictorial essay has suddenly become even more significant. I appreciate the CSC knives that I have and I am saddened by it's closing. Best wishes to Canal Street Cutlery employees and owners.
 
Glenn I had never saw this thread before. It was amazing:thumbup: I only discovered BF about a year and a half ago an lurked around until I joined in May of this year. I have missed a lot in these threads and it's time for me to start going through the archives. Thank you so much for bringing this thread back I totally enjoyed it.
 
It's really sad that another one is closing, especially one that grew from the ashes of another that had fallen. CSC made some wonderful knives of which I have the fortune of owning a few. I wish I had made it up there.
 
Glenn, thanks for sharing this again (and for the first time for many of us)! I loved looking at the pictures and seeing it all! :D
 
I am glad you brought all these amazing pictures back to the top of the heap for us to admire again:)
 
I makes me cry to think about whats going to happen with all those machines.
 
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