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The Fort said:
Cool knife! I can’t say that I’ve ever seen a Coleman. Did they actually produce them, or do you happen to know who did?

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You know, I've gotten comments on that knife before.

It's pure guesswork... Coleman acquired Western in the early 1980s, and Camillus acquired the Coleman knife business in the early 90s. Camillus also absorbed Schrade soon after. I think this knife dates from this era, and to me it looks like the typical Camillus product of the day. It's beefy as heck, and is well made in a utilitarian sort of way.
 
dsutton24 said:
You know, I've gotten comments on that knife before.

It's pure guesswork... Coleman acquired Western in the early 1980s, and Camillus acquired the Coleman knife business in the early 90s. Camillus also absorbed Schrade soon after. I think this knife dates from this era, and to me it looks like the typical Camillus product of the day. It's beefy as heck, and is well made in a utilitarian sort of way.
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Great info, thanks! 😁
 
dsutton24 said:
Camillus also absorbed Schrade
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Sorry. That is incorrect.
Camillus never absorbed or merged with Imperial-Schrade, and never controlled Imperial-Schrade.

Imperial Schrade did acquire over 50% of Camillus stocks sometime after WW2, becoming the Majority Stock Holder of Camillus..
Imperial-Schrade basically owned Camillus, but never absorbed/merged with Camillus.
Camillus remained an independent company, with a seperate Board of Directors, Executives, and minor and major shareholders (major shareholders generally have between 10 to30% of the shares. By themselves, no single one can force a vote, by joining together, they can affect the vote ... unless someone else holds a minimum of 50% +1 share, like Imperial-Schrade did, and that person or entity votes against them...)

(Could Federal Anti Trust laws have prevented the merger? Possible. Had they merged into one company, they would have had well over 60-70% of the market ... enough of the market share a Imperial-Schtade-Camillus merger would effectively be a monopoly ... no other domestic cutlery company could defy them. They could lower prices enough to drive other companies to go under, affect availability of raw materials ...)

Imperial-Schrade went bankrupt in 2004. Taylor Cutlery bought all the brand names and intellectual rights of Imperial Schrade.

Camillus was not a "Imperial-Schrade" brand, since Camillus remained an independent company.
The Camillus stocks owned by Schrade were probably quietly sold off before the bankruptcy announcment, to avoid a panic, and stock value collapse.
(Note how Volvo's and Mazda's stock value plummeted when Ford announced they were selling their controlling interest in both companies, as did Saab's, and GEO (actually, GEO went under, and Saab nearly went under when GM sold off their controlling interests, during the last Big 3 US automaker downsizig and government bailout.) The varous brands Chrysler had controlling interest in, in Europe, like Simca, also faced difficulties when Chrysler sold off their shares in the 1960's. Chrysler faced difficultes when Mercedes Benz announced they were selling their shares, before Fiat bought them.)

After the 2004 Imperial-Schrade bankruptcy, the two companies had no affiliation.

Camillus went bankrupt in 2007.

Taylor Cutery/Taylor-Schrade did not buy any of the Camillus brands/trademarks or intelectual properties, such as active patents, in 2007. Someone else did.
 
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