Description: WEST CUT KNIFE AND SHEATH SEE PHOTOS VERY GOOD CONDITION Western Knife Company HistoryBy James Young, eHow ContributorWestern Knife Company HistoryWestern Cutlery's facilities in Boulder, Colorado, carried on founder Charles W. Platts's tradition of fine knifemaking for 23 years after the company was absorbed by the Coleman Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. Western knives remained in production until the last owner, Camillus Cutlery of New York, closed its doors during a United Steel Workers strike in 2007. Read more: Western Knife Company History | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_5074885_western-knife-company-history.html#ixzz1qa1ax2jv FounderWestern Cutlery traced its beginnings to the Platts & Sons Cutlery Company, established in 1896 in Gowanda, New York, by Charles W. Platts, an immigrant knife maker from Sheffield, England. Platts spent nearly thirty years as supervisor of Northfield Knife Company in Northfield, Connecticut, before beginning the family enterprise. Platts pocket knives were a success and the company moved to Eldridge, Pennsylvania in 1897. After Charles Platts's death in 1900, the sons continued in the family business until 1905 when H.N. Platts bought out his brothers and moved the company to Bradford, Pennsylvania.Moving WestIn 1911, successful businessman H.N. Platts moved to Boulder, Colorado, intending to take advantage of the booming western knife market. H.N.'s new enterprise, Western States Cutlery and Manufacturing Company, began in a new two story brick building in the small town of 9,000 people, with a work force led by skilled craftsmen who had worked for H.N. back east. Known locally as "the Cutlery," Western States was one of the first factories in Boulder. Froo www.froo.com | Froo Cross Sell, Free Cross Sell, Cross promote, eBay Marketing, eBay listing Apps, eBay Apps, eBay Application Froo www.froo.com | Froo Cross Sell, Free Cross Sell, Cross promote, eBay Marketing, eBay listing Apps, eBay Apps, eBay Application
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