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Who makes the new Robeson?
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Yes made by Queen.
After Robeson went out of business in about 1963, Ontario Knife Company picked up the RObeson trademarks and had pocketknives marked ROBESON made on contract by Camillus until the mid 70's....these all had delrin handles.
Since Queen and Ontario are under the same corporate ownership, Queen had the rights to use the Robeson trademarks. Queen brought out some limited Robeson lines in strawberry bone and in tan jigged bone in the 1990's, but those were last produced in 1999.
Then more recently Queen started producing a wide variety of patterns in Robeson, I believe that they are all on exclusive contract to Smoky Mountain Knife Works. If you go to SMKW's web site and search for ROBESON you will see the wide variety of patterns made, all in limited numbers.
After Robeson went out of business in about 1963, Ontario Knife Company picked up the RObeson trademarks and had pocketknives marked ROBESON made on contract by Camillus until the mid 70's....these all had delrin handles.
Since Queen and Ontario are under the same corporate ownership, Queen had the rights to use the Robeson trademarks. Queen brought out some limited Robeson lines in strawberry bone and in tan jigged bone in the 1990's, but those were last produced in 1999.
Then more recently Queen started producing a wide variety of patterns in Robeson, I believe that they are all on exclusive contract to Smoky Mountain Knife Works. If you go to SMKW's web site and search for ROBESON you will see the wide variety of patterns made, all in limited numbers.
I have one of the new Queen Robeson knives. Here's a topic with my comments on quality: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=485730&highlight=robeson