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If you recall I mentioned a few weeks ago that a new knife company was rising from the ashes of the demise of Schrade. The name of the firm was to be the WALDEN KNIFE COMPANY. The goal of this endeaver was to produce an american made, top quality pocket knife made in the tradition of the knives of the Hudson valley from years gone by. You may notice I am talking in the past tense. Well do not lose heart, the past tense is only partially viable.
The prototypes for these jewels are starting to be born. However it would seem that not every one is anxious to see a new AMERICAN cutlery firm enter the market. ( WOW what a surprise I thought sure certain foreign concerns and there american, DUPES er I mean partners would be sending telegrams of congratulations ). Well they did in fact send messages and that message was that if the WALDEN name was used the new itty bitty fledgling knife company would get its first law suit. ( which by the way they had the legal written rights to use ) Why you ask? Well the contention is that if the name Walden was used it constituted an infringment (of IP) on the trade name and propertys related to Schrade ie SCHRADE WALDEN ( one of the markings used by Schrade ). The fact is that there were 3 knife factorys in Walden, Walden Knife, New york Knife Walden NY as well as Schrade and also the name walden which is a village, is public domain. Well knowing this why would they pursue a lawsuit which eventually chances are, they would lose. Well this is a little company and they are a big company and if they can tie up the little company for a year or two and cost them 40 or 50 thou in legal fees perhapes the little company won't be around any more. There I go again talking conspiracy, (As a peace officer the two first rules of thumb I learned were 1, regarding coincidences ( there is no such thing) and 2, If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and lays eggs the chances are it is a duck. ( No matter how many tell you that it is really not a duck).
Well the Schrade story has had nothing but coincidences since it started to unfold. Oh yea and it has had some real MOTHER DUCKs lurking in the backround.
So Knowing all this, a decision had to be made. The simpliest solution was to just change the name in this case it really is being done to protect the innocent. ( as they used to say in the old TV series Dragnet ). Also as they said on that series ONLY the name has been changed to protect the innocent. What that means is that the same american quality you would have expected under the Walden Knife Company will be the same you can expect from the " CANAL STREET CUTLERY COMPANY". This name was chosen mostly because these knives are being made in the old Ulster knife factory building on Canal Street in Ellenville. I do not know what the next coincidence will be in this saga but chances are there will be one. Perhapes the building the factory is in will be bought to be torn down and turned into a Chinese restaurant. Who knows? Hopefully, if there is interest I will keep everyone updated. LT
The prototypes for these jewels are starting to be born. However it would seem that not every one is anxious to see a new AMERICAN cutlery firm enter the market. ( WOW what a surprise I thought sure certain foreign concerns and there american, DUPES er I mean partners would be sending telegrams of congratulations ). Well they did in fact send messages and that message was that if the WALDEN name was used the new itty bitty fledgling knife company would get its first law suit. ( which by the way they had the legal written rights to use ) Why you ask? Well the contention is that if the name Walden was used it constituted an infringment (of IP) on the trade name and propertys related to Schrade ie SCHRADE WALDEN ( one of the markings used by Schrade ). The fact is that there were 3 knife factorys in Walden, Walden Knife, New york Knife Walden NY as well as Schrade and also the name walden which is a village, is public domain. Well knowing this why would they pursue a lawsuit which eventually chances are, they would lose. Well this is a little company and they are a big company and if they can tie up the little company for a year or two and cost them 40 or 50 thou in legal fees perhapes the little company won't be around any more. There I go again talking conspiracy, (As a peace officer the two first rules of thumb I learned were 1, regarding coincidences ( there is no such thing) and 2, If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and lays eggs the chances are it is a duck. ( No matter how many tell you that it is really not a duck).
Well the Schrade story has had nothing but coincidences since it started to unfold. Oh yea and it has had some real MOTHER DUCKs lurking in the backround.
So Knowing all this, a decision had to be made. The simpliest solution was to just change the name in this case it really is being done to protect the innocent. ( as they used to say in the old TV series Dragnet ). Also as they said on that series ONLY the name has been changed to protect the innocent. What that means is that the same american quality you would have expected under the Walden Knife Company will be the same you can expect from the " CANAL STREET CUTLERY COMPANY". This name was chosen mostly because these knives are being made in the old Ulster knife factory building on Canal Street in Ellenville. I do not know what the next coincidence will be in this saga but chances are there will be one. Perhapes the building the factory is in will be bought to be torn down and turned into a Chinese restaurant. Who knows? Hopefully, if there is interest I will keep everyone updated. LT
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