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Re: Who bought the Camillus name?
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 11:44 am
by OSCAR
Absolutely true. People that don’t know the real thing are accepting poor copies because they don’t have the real deal to compare it to.
Re: Who bought the Camillus name?
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 11:58 am
by jerryd6818
eveled wrote:Colonial is still hanging in there too.
If Camillus was an Italian Restaurant. They made great food at a fair price. Nothing too fancy but quality and value.
It goes on for multiple Generations. Ups and downs but pretty consistent. Due to a variety of reasons they are forced out of business.
Then a Chinese couple buys the business. Do you want the stoves and ovens and pots and pans? Nope we have a better way. All our food will be prepared by an Italian Chef. Do you want our recipes? Nope our Italian Chef has his own recipes.
The new owners take over. The kitchen is fully stocked with Chef Boyardee. And a can opener.
For a few years the loyal patrons still come to the restaurant. Full of happy memories and full of hope. They are let down.
The new generation of customers are happy with the food. They don’t know any better.
Once you’ve had veal scalapini spaghetti O’s will never be edible.
Excellent take on the situation.
Re: Who bought the Camillus name?
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 12:07 pm
by treefarmer
I like what eveled wrote, too and expanding the thought a bit I would say that his term "new generation" has a lot to do with the patterns we now see from most companies, the tactical or as I like to say the "zombie killer".
Treefarmer
Re: Who bought the Camillus name?
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 12:52 pm
by jerryd6818
treefarmer wrote:I like what eveled wrote, too and expanding the thought a bit I would say that his term "new generation" has a lot to do with the patterns we now see from most companies, the tactical or as I like to say the "zombie killer".
Treefarmer
Philip, I wonder if the popularity of the tactical / "zombie killer" knives with the younger generation is multifaceted. Maybe influenced by contemperory movies, television, an over protective generation of parents, a couple of generations of urban dwellers, etc, etc.
Re: Who bought the Camillus name?
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 12:54 pm
by orvet
Although the traditional knife manufacturers have shrunk dramatically in the USA in the last 15 to 20 years, there is a thriving quality knife manufacturing industry for the new style of knives. Not all of that industry is tactical knives. I would make the case that Benchmade, Kershaw and even Gerber are doing quite well making products here and overseas. This allows them to remain profitable as still make incredibly high quality knives in the US. Perhaps not the ideal scenario but certainly preferable to losing the industry entirely to overseas manufacturers.
Re: Who bought the Camillus name?
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 1:19 pm
by OLDE CUTLER
jerryd6818 wrote:eveled wrote:Colonial is still hanging in there too.
If Camillus was an Italian Restaurant. They made great food at a fair price. Nothing too fancy but quality and value.
It goes on for multiple Generations. Ups and downs but pretty consistent. Due to a variety of reasons they are forced out of business.
Then a Chinese couple buys the business. Do you want the stoves and ovens and pots and pans? Nope we have a better way. All our food will be prepared by an Italian Chef. Do you want our recipes? Nope our Italian Chef has his own recipes.
The new owners take over. The kitchen is fully stocked with Chef Boyardee. And a can opener.
For a few years the loyal patrons still come to the restaurant. Full of happy memories and full of hope. They are let down.
The new generation of customers are happy with the food. They don’t know any better.
Once you’ve had veal scalapini spaghetti O’s will never be edible.
Excellent take on the situation.
It certainly is.
Re: Who bought the Camillus name?
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 1:40 pm
by OSCAR
Nothing against tactical or zombie killer knives per se, but there are many knife collectors who love traditional folders as they have been mad for more than 100 years. Many of Bucks new knives are modern whereas many of their traditional are made overseas and sold in blister packs. It’s a shame.
Re: Who bought the Camillus name?
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 1:50 pm
by eveled
I believe Buck is committed to bringing production back to the US. Too bad Buck didn’t buy Camillus or Queen.
Re: Who bought the Camillus name?
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 2:30 pm
by OSCAR
Or buy Camillus, Queen and Schrade.
Re: Who bought the Camillus name?
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 3:49 pm
by eveled
If Camillus didn’t go under. Buck probably never would have went to China for their slip joints.
Buck seems to have given Camillus as much business as possible. It was a perfect partnership.
They used Schrade too as I recall but had trouble with the Swinden key.
Camillus made knives for everyone it seems. Craftsman Buck BoyScouts. I’m sure Anyone else who asked and paid.
Re: Who bought the Camillus name?
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 4:25 pm
by New_Windsor_NY
So, just to recap, the question was "Who bought the Camillus name?" The answer was Acme United Corporation.
We also learned that veal scallopini tastes better than Chef Boyardee Spaghetti O's.
Re: Who bought the Camillus name?
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 4:58 pm
by gsmith7158
New_Windsor_NY wrote:So, just to recap, the question was "Who bought the Camillus name?" The answer was Acme United Corporation.
We also learned that veal scallopini tastes better than Chef Boyardee Spaghetti O's.
Exactly!
Re: Who bought the Camillus name?
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 5:08 pm
by OSCAR
gsmith7158 wrote:New_Windsor_NY wrote:So, just to recap, the question was "Who bought the Camillus name?" The answer was Acme United Corporation.
We also learned that veal scallopini tastes better than Chef Boyardee Spaghetti O's.
Exactly!
ABSOLUTELY!
Re: Who bought the Camillus name?
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 5:12 pm
by Vit_213
By the way, about the zombie. Does anyone know what it is?
Re: Who bought the Camillus name?
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 5:36 pm
by OSCAR
I have the same exact knife without the Zombie shield. I’ve not seen that. Mine is identical green and yellow Delrin with no shield.
Re: Who bought the Camillus name?
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 5:39 pm
by New_Windsor_NY
Vit_213 wrote:By the way, about the zombie. Does anyone know what it is?
All I could find:
viewtopic.php?t=49554
Re: Who bought the Camillus name?
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 8:57 pm
by Vit_213
Yes, yes, it was my topic, but then no one could give a concrete answer. I was hoping that some information might be coming now
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Re: Who bought the Camillus name?
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:19 pm
by OSCAR
I believe the zombie knife made for Remington is green and yellow because if I remember correctly, those are the colors of the Remington logo.