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Last Thursday I made a trip to Ellenville and Wallkill, NY.
I was in Ellenville to visit the old Schrade plant and to find the Canal Street Cutlery operations.
The old Schrade plant is a huge manufacturing building right off the main road in Ellenville. Its been left alone since the closing with the Imperial Schrade sign still on display. The grounds and guard building have all gone to seed. I heard the building has been sold but was not able to find out to whom. Spoke with the guard whom while friendly enough would not allow access into the building. Saying there was nothing but some old machines left all stock having been removed. After taking a few pictures I decided to move on. Less than a mile away is the Canal Street Cutlery building housed in what is the original Schrade Walden site in Ellenville. The building is unmarked but I was able to find it with the directional help of a local hardware store clerk whom knew the building.
Hearing the sounds of buffers/grinders, I walked up a flight of stairs in the old building walking right onto the production area. Again no signs of the companies name but it was pretty obvious I was in the right place. One of the grinders noticed me and called Dave Swinden over whom was very nice but I could tell they were really not set up to receive visitors. There were about a dozen people working on finishing up an order and were quite busy.
Dave showed me what they were up to and told me I could just walk through the the area and knock on Joe Huffnagles door. Joe was very nice and explained they were going to set up an area for visitors sometime in the future. There is no retail store or place to purchase knives at the site and I would not encourage anyone to visit without contacting them 1st.
After leaving CSC I drove over the mountain to Wallkill (about 20 miles) to visit with LT. .
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I was in Ellenville to visit the old Schrade plant and to find the Canal Street Cutlery operations.
The old Schrade plant is a huge manufacturing building right off the main road in Ellenville. Its been left alone since the closing with the Imperial Schrade sign still on display. The grounds and guard building have all gone to seed. I heard the building has been sold but was not able to find out to whom. Spoke with the guard whom while friendly enough would not allow access into the building. Saying there was nothing but some old machines left all stock having been removed. After taking a few pictures I decided to move on. Less than a mile away is the Canal Street Cutlery building housed in what is the original Schrade Walden site in Ellenville. The building is unmarked but I was able to find it with the directional help of a local hardware store clerk whom knew the building.
Hearing the sounds of buffers/grinders, I walked up a flight of stairs in the old building walking right onto the production area. Again no signs of the companies name but it was pretty obvious I was in the right place. One of the grinders noticed me and called Dave Swinden over whom was very nice but I could tell they were really not set up to receive visitors. There were about a dozen people working on finishing up an order and were quite busy.
Dave showed me what they were up to and told me I could just walk through the the area and knock on Joe Huffnagles door. Joe was very nice and explained they were going to set up an area for visitors sometime in the future. There is no retail store or place to purchase knives at the site and I would not encourage anyone to visit without contacting them 1st.
After leaving CSC I drove over the mountain to Wallkill (about 20 miles) to visit with LT. .
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?? I guess I will have to comb the archives!